William Blake (poet and artist)
  • 1. When did William Blake pass away?
A) 1835
B) 1810
C) 1827
D) 1790
  • 2. Where was William Blake buried after his death?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) Highgate Cemetery
C) St. Paul's Cathedral
D) Bunhill Fields
  • 3. Who was William Blake married to?
A) Catherine Boucher
B) Mary Shelley
C) Jane Austen
D) Emily Dickinson
  • 4. In which city did William Blake spend most of his life?
A) Paris
B) New York
C) Rome
D) London
  • 5. What was William Blake's most famous collection of poetry and art?
A) The Canterbury Tales
B) The Waste Land
C) Songs of Innocence and of Experience
D) Paradise Lost
  • 6. Who influenced William Blake's artistic style?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Michelangelo
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Vincent van Gogh
  • 7. How many engravings did William Blake create for Dante's 'Divine Comedy'?
A) 120
B) 75
C) 102
D) 50
  • 8. What literary movement is William Blake associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Realism
C) Modernism
D) Postmodernism
  • 9. Where was William Blake baptized?
A) St. James's Church, Piccadilly
B) Highgate Cemetery
C) Westminster Abbey
D) St. Paul's Cathedral
  • 10. What was William Blake's first printed work?
A) The Book of Thel
B) Poetical Sketches
C) Visions of the Daughters of Albion
D) Songs of Innocence
  • 11. In which year did William Blake marry Catherine Boucher?
A) 1782
B) 1817
C) 1805
D) 1799
  • 12. Who was William Blake's patron and supporter throughout his career?
A) William Wordsworth
B) Thomas Butts
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D) John Ruskin
  • 13. What is the name of the character from William Blake's poetry who represents the industrialized city?
A) Orc
B) Urizen
C) Los
D) Vala
  • 14. What occupation did William Blake's father have?
A) Doctor
B) Hosier
C) Farmer
D) Blacksmith
  • 15. Which philosopher had a significant influence on William Blake's work?
A) Aristotle
B) Emanuel Swedenborg
C) Socrates
D) Plato
  • 16. What was the name of William Blake's younger brother who passed away in infancy?
A) Michael
B) James
C) Thomas
D) Robert
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