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