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