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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following suggest that the people are trapped not just physically, but also mentally?
I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1)
"And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3)
"The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8)
"And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16) "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16)
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the quote "chartered street [...] chartered Thames" from London show?
Blake has no idea where he is going
Even a river that is often a symbol of freedom is owned
Man has become a monster
They are good at making maps
- 3. Multiple Choice
What are the key themes in the London poem?
Power of human / Loss and absence
Effect of conflict / Pride
Identity / Memory
Reality of conflict / Guilt
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following has an oxymoron?
“I wander thro' each charter'd street”
“Marks of weakness, marks of woe.”
“Runs in blood down Palace walls”
“And blights with plagues the marriage hearse”
- 5. Multiple Choice
'London' appeared in William Blake's Songs of...
Childhood and Adulthood
Stupidity and Wisdom
Martyrdom and Resurrection
Innocence and Experience
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the structure of the poem?
The narrator presents the relentless images of downtrodden, deprived people.
The ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken and echos the relentless misery of the city.
The focus shifts in stanza three to the institutions the speaker holds responsible for the suffering of the masses
The initial stanza returns to looking at the people and examines how even newborns are affected
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following suggests that the hope for the future is dashed and only despair exists.
"Every black'ning church appals, / And the hapless soldier's sigh"
"How the youthful harlot's curse / Blasts the new-born infant's tear"
"In every cry of every man; In every infant's cry of fear"
"the mind-forged manacles I hear"
- 8. Multiple Choice
What point of view is this poem written in?
3rd person
1st person
5th person
none of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the main focus of this poem?
Smelly London streets
A sad man walking home
Englands damaging political system
None of the above
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn which century was William Blake writing?18th century16th century17th century20th century
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who did Blake protest against in his poems? (multiple correct answers)
Tigers
Industrialists
The Royal Family
Atheists
The Church
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