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'Songs of Innocence and Experience' QUIZ 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

Blake's ideal version of 'God' was...

a)

a tyrannical dictator

b)

a meek a mild ruler

c)

Jesus: a figure amongst mankind

2.

Above all else, Blake was keen to champion...

a)

The charitable nature of the church

b)

The power of the creative imagination

c)

The monetary value of his poetry

3.

Without the (a)   of Innocence and Experience, there is no progression

4.

Blake believed that to see the world with a SINGLE vision, was to be robbed of...

a)

everything that mattered in life

b)

rationality

c)

success

5.

Which two are FREQUENT characters in Blake's collection?

a)

The child

b)

The Tyger

c)

The lamb

d)

The Piper

6.

What is ominous about 'The Echoing Green'?

a)

It foreshadows the loss of innocence

b)

there is a hierarchy between adults and children

c)

Nature and humanity are not in a state of symbiosis

7.

Where is Experience FORESHADOWED in 'Introduction'?

a)

In the pastoral setting

b)

In the abusive nature of the Piper

c)

In the characters used: the lamb and the child

d)

In the 'stained' water

8.

'The Lamb' offers up a _______ view of the creator

a)

Limited

b)

promising

c)

fierce

9.

'The Shepherd' like _____________ offers up a LACK of hierarchy between authority figures and children

a)

'Introduction'

b)

'The Echoing Green'

c)

'The Tyger'

d)

'The Nurse's Song' of Experience

10.

What might the simile 'like birds in their nest' imply...

a)

That the children are safe and protected

b)

The the children are fragile/vulnerable

c)

Both are potential readings here

11.

Which poem: 'The merry bells ring/ the welcome the spring'

a)

'Introduction

b)

'The Echoing Green'

c)

'The Lamb'

12.

Which poem: 'The sun does descend/ and our sports have an end'

a)

'The Lamb'

b)

'Nurse's Song' on Innoence

c)

'The Echoing Green'

13.

Which poem: 'No, no let us play, for it is yet day'

a)

'The Nurse's Song' of Experience

b)

'The Nurse's Song' of Innoence

14.

Which poem: 'And whisperings are heard on the dale'

a)

'The Nurse's Song' of Innoence

b)

'The Nurse's Song' of Experience

15.

'O rose thou art (a)   '

16.

'The invisible (a)   ... has found out thy bed'

17.

'swift as (a)   '

18.

'Seek your (a)   narrow'