London William Blake

Which of the following suggest that the people are trapped not just physically, but also mentally?

• I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1)

• "And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3)

• "The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8)

• "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16) "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16)

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Which of the following is an example of the poet's use of oxymoron?

• I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1)

• "And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3)

• "The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8)

• "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16)

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Which of the following techniques does the poet use to emphasise the feeling of bleakness/despair that affects everyone and from which there seems to be no escape?

• Oxymoron

• Reference to the French Revolution

• Repetition

• Contrast

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Which of the following suggests that to the speaker of the poem, the future brings nothing but death and decay?

• "Every black'ning church appals,/And the hapless soldier's sigh" ( lines 10-11)

• "How the youthful harlot's curse/Blasts the new-born infant's tear" (Lines 14-15)

• "marriage hearse" (Line 16)

• "the mind-forged manacles I hear" (Line 8)

• The use of negative words such as weakness, woe, cry and fear The use of negative words such as weakness, woe, cry and fear

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Which of the following could be used to support the claim that " Money is spent on church buildings while children live in poverty, forced to clean chimneys - the soot from which blackens the church walls. To Blake, this makes a mockery of the love and care that should characterise the Christian religion"?

• "And the hapless soldier's sigh/Runs in blood down palace walls" ( lines 11-12)

• "How the youthful harlot's curse/Blasts the new-born infant's tear" (Lines 14-15)

• "In every cry of every man,'In every infant's cry of fear (Lines 5-6)

• "the mind-forged manacles I hear" (Line 8)

• "How the Chimney-sweeper's cry / Every blackening church appalls" (Lines 9-11)

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Which of the following might be ideas that one can infer from the poem?

• Blake sees the rapid urbanisation in Britain at the time as a dangerous force

• The speaker presents a London where children are no longer free to enjoy childhood but are forced to work in dangerous conditions

• The poem is pessimistic. It is without hope for the future

• All of the above

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What does the quote "chartered street [...] chartered Thames" from London show?

• Blake has no idea where he is going

• Even a river that is often a symbol of freedom is owned

• Man has become a monster

• They are good at making maps

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What does the speaker hear the harlot uttering?

• A curse

• A cry

• A laugh

• Nothing at all

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