1. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is a …………… by …………….
(1) novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne
(2) play, Mrs. Radcliff
(3) poem, William Blake
(4) sermon, Laurence Sterne
Answer: 3
2. Which of the following is a “Visionary” work by William Blake ?
(A) The Song of Loss
(B) Songs of Experience
(C) Poetical Sketches
(D) The Vision of the Daughters of Albion
Answer: D
3.’The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers’ is :
(A) A poem by William Blake an essay by Charles Lamb
(B) An elegy by William Wordsworth
(C) An essay by Charles Lamb
(D) An essay by William Hazlitt
Answer: C
4. It appears that in Paradise Lost Book I “Milton belongs to the Devil’s
party without knowing it”. Who among the following made this statement ?
(A) Frank Kermode
(B) William Empson
(C) C.S. Lewis
(D) William Blake
Answer: D
5. William Blake developed the ideas of “Prolific” and “Devourers” in
(A) Jerusalem
(B) Milton
(C) Marriage of Heaven and Hell
(D) Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
Answer: C
6. In which work does William Blake say that Milton was “a true poet and
of devil’s party without knowing it” ?
1. “London”
2. “Songs of Innocence”
3. “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”
4. “The Chimney Sweeper”
Answer: 3
7. Match the work with author :
I. “The Excursion”
II. “Christabel”
III. Milton
IV. Queen Mab
A. S.T. Coleridge
B. P.B. Shelley
C. William Wordsworth
D. William Blake
I II III IV
(1) C A B D
(2) C A D B
(3) B C A D
(4) B A C D
Answer: 2
8. William Blake expressed the importance of the particular when he said
that “To Generalize is to be ____________. To Particularize is the alone
Distinction of Merit.” Fill in the blank.
1. An Idiot
2. A Poet
3. A Dreamer
4. A Skunk
Answer: 1
9. William Blake’s famous poems such as “London”, “The Sick Rose”, and
“The Tyger” appear in
(A) Songs of Innocence
(B) Songs of Experience
(C) The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
(D) Vision of the Daughters of Albion
Answer: (B)
10. The phrase “dark satanic mills” has become the most famous description
of the force at the centre of the industrial revolution. The phrase was used
by
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) William Blake
(C) Thomas Carlyle
(D) John Ruskin
Answer: (B)
11. Who is the author of the following lines ?
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour…”.
(1) Thomas Gray
(2) William Blake
(3) William Collins
(4) William Cowper
Answer: 2
12. Among the Romantic poets William Blake was a total artist, undertaking
many roles usually separated. In his last years he produced some of his
finest engravings. Which of the following was NOT illustrated by Blake?
(1) The Book of Job
(2) The rape of Leda
(3) Virgil’s Pastorals
(4) The works of Dante
Answer: 2
13. In particular William Blake was influenced by the religious writings of
I. Martin Luther
II. Jacob Boehme
III. Emanuel Swedenborg
IV. Confucius
The right combination according to the code is
(1) I and IV
(2) I and II
(3) II and III
(4) III and IV
Answer: 3
14. The world dominated by cold and hypocritical materialists is represented
by William Blake in the mythological figure of __________ .
(A) Urizen
(B) Albion
(C) Geryon
(D) Satan
Answer: A
13. “Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor; Then
cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.” These concluding lines
of William Blake’s Innocence poem called “Holy Thursday” allude to a
Biblical passage. Identify the passage.
(1)The angel of the Lord encampeth round about those who fear Him and
delivereth them. Psalms 34.7
(2)Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the
angel, that it was an error. Ecclesiastes 5.6
(3)And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was
even so.Then said they, It is his angel. The Acts 12.15
(4)Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares. Hebrews 13.2
Answer: 4
14. Who is the author of the statement “A prophet is a Seer, not an Arbitrary
Dictator” ?
(1) Salman Rushdie
(2) Kahlil Gibran
(3) William Blake
(4) Oscar Wilde
Answer: 3
15. William Blake has a rare eland to provide telling images in arresting
phrases. Match the phrases with the poems they belong to :
(a) “mind forg’d manacles”
(b) “eternal winter”
(c) “fearful symmetry”
(d) “crimson joy”
(i) “The Tyger”
(ii) “The Sick Rose”
(iii) “London”
(iv) “Holy Thursday”
Code :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(2) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(3) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(4) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Answer: 3
16. Match List I and List II
List I
Author
A. John Keats
B. William Wordsworth
C. P. B. Shelley
D. William Blake
List II
Work
I. Alastor
II. Songs of Experience
III. Comic
IV. The Excursion
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A – Ill, B – I, C – IV, D – II
2. A – III, B – IV, C – 1, D – II
3. A – I, B – IV, C – III, D – II
4. A – IV, B – II, C – I, D – Ill
Answer: 2