Where did William Blake live for most of his life?
(a) Greenwich
(b) Soho
(c) Lewisham
(d) London
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William Blake died in?
(a) Dublin
(b) London
(c) Boston
(d) Glasgow
When William Blake died?
(a) 12 August 1824
(b) 12 August 1826
(c) 12 August 1827
(d) 12 August 1828
William Blake at the time of death?
(a) 77 years
(b) 69 years
(c) 75 years
(d) 67 years
Songs of Experience is a notable work of:
(a) S.T Coleridge
(b) William words Worth
(c) William Blake
(d) John Keats
Songs of Innocence is a notable work of:
(a) S.T Coleridge
(b) William words Worth
(c) William Blake
(d) John Keats
Who are the daughters of Albion?
(a) Prostitutes
(b) Mermaids
(c) Englishwomen
(d) Nuns
William Blake was writing poetry around the end of which century?
(a) 16th
(b) 17th
(c) 18th
(d) 19th
Which is an example of personification in “Mad Song”?
(a) Like a friend in a cloud
(b) The morning peeps
(c) The rustling birds
(d) Light doth seize
In “Mad Song,” the speaker compares his imagination to which?
(a) Roaring winds
(b) Morning peeps
(c) Eastern steeps
(d) Rustling birds