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