PRIMAVERA ENGLISH 12B- UNIT 3
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which options most accurately show how the child speaker's story in "The Chimney
Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) develops the tone of the poem? (Select all that apply.)
- Answer-Words like "crying" and "notes of woe" create a gloomy, grim tone.
Words like "injury" and "misery" contribute to a sorrowful tone.
Which option most accurately demonstrates how poet William Blake views the practice
of forced child labor in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience)? - Answer-Blake
is outraged by the fact that families allow and encourage child labor.
Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most accurately
portray the innocent, naïve perspective of the child speaker? - Answer-And so Tom
awoke, and we rose in the dark, And got with our bags and our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm: So, if all do their duty, they
need not fear harm.
Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) most effectively imply
the author's perspective that the child is being exploited? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer-'And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me
no injury, ...'
A little black thing among the snow, Crying! 'weep! weep!' in notes of woe!
William Blake, author of "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence), chooses to
narrate this poem from the point of view of the child chimney sweeper.
Which options most effectively demonstrate the implied meaning of using the child's
perspective in this poem? (Select all that apply.) - Answer-Narration from the child's
perspective is used to generate feelings of pity and compassion in the reader.
Narration from the child's perspective is used to reveal the child's lack of knowledge
about the true extent of his own exploitation.
Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience).
'Because I was happy upon the heath,And smiled among the winter's snow,They
clothed me in the clothes of death,And taught me to sing the notes of woe.
, 'And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no
injury,And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,Who made up a heaven of
our misery.'
Which option most clearly explains how the perspective of the child speaker in the
Songs of Experience poem differs from the perspective of the narrator in the Songs of
Innocence poem? - Answer-xx The words "They clothed me ... And taught me" suggest
that in the poem from Songs of Experience, the child is still satisfied with his own care.
These words also suggest that this child is grateful for his care, unlike the child in the
Songs of Innocence poem. (wrong)
Reread "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence).
Which options most clearly show how the setting of a newly industrialized London
contributes to a central idea of the poem? (Select all that apply.) - Answer-The city
setting shows the impact of the Industrial Revolution on childhood and on the natural
world.
The sooty, confining chimneys are a metaphor for the sooty, confining city.
Which excerpt from Robinson Crusoe most effectively demonstrates how the solitude of
the island setting advances the plot? - Answer-Even when I was afterwards, on due
consideration, made sensible of my condition, how I was cast on this dreadful place, out
of the reach of human kind, out of all hope of relief, or prospect of redemption, as soon
as I saw but a prospect of living and that I should not starve and perish for hunger, all
the sense of my affliction wore off; and I began to be very easy, applied myself to the
works proper for my preservation and supply, and was far enough from being afflicted at
my condition, as a judgment from heaven, or as the hand of God against me: these
were thoughts which very seldom entered my head.
Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most clearly show the
interaction of the real-life setting and the characters of the poem? - Answer-And so Tom
awoke, and we rose in the dark,And got with our bags and our brushes to work.Though
the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm:So, if all do their duty, they need not
fear harm.
Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence).
And so he was quiet, and that very night,As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!—
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,Were all of them locked up in
coffins of black.
Which option most clearly explains who Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack most likely are in the
lines? - Answer-They represent others like the chimney sweeper, and the reference to
these common names for boys emphasizes how many there are as well as gives them
identities.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which options most accurately show how the child speaker's story in "The Chimney
Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) develops the tone of the poem? (Select all that apply.)
- Answer-Words like "crying" and "notes of woe" create a gloomy, grim tone.
Words like "injury" and "misery" contribute to a sorrowful tone.
Which option most accurately demonstrates how poet William Blake views the practice
of forced child labor in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience)? - Answer-Blake
is outraged by the fact that families allow and encourage child labor.
Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most accurately
portray the innocent, naïve perspective of the child speaker? - Answer-And so Tom
awoke, and we rose in the dark, And got with our bags and our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm: So, if all do their duty, they
need not fear harm.
Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) most effectively imply
the author's perspective that the child is being exploited? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer-'And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me
no injury, ...'
A little black thing among the snow, Crying! 'weep! weep!' in notes of woe!
William Blake, author of "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence), chooses to
narrate this poem from the point of view of the child chimney sweeper.
Which options most effectively demonstrate the implied meaning of using the child's
perspective in this poem? (Select all that apply.) - Answer-Narration from the child's
perspective is used to generate feelings of pity and compassion in the reader.
Narration from the child's perspective is used to reveal the child's lack of knowledge
about the true extent of his own exploitation.
Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience).
'Because I was happy upon the heath,And smiled among the winter's snow,They
clothed me in the clothes of death,And taught me to sing the notes of woe.
, 'And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no
injury,And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,Who made up a heaven of
our misery.'
Which option most clearly explains how the perspective of the child speaker in the
Songs of Experience poem differs from the perspective of the narrator in the Songs of
Innocence poem? - Answer-xx The words "They clothed me ... And taught me" suggest
that in the poem from Songs of Experience, the child is still satisfied with his own care.
These words also suggest that this child is grateful for his care, unlike the child in the
Songs of Innocence poem. (wrong)
Reread "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence).
Which options most clearly show how the setting of a newly industrialized London
contributes to a central idea of the poem? (Select all that apply.) - Answer-The city
setting shows the impact of the Industrial Revolution on childhood and on the natural
world.
The sooty, confining chimneys are a metaphor for the sooty, confining city.
Which excerpt from Robinson Crusoe most effectively demonstrates how the solitude of
the island setting advances the plot? - Answer-Even when I was afterwards, on due
consideration, made sensible of my condition, how I was cast on this dreadful place, out
of the reach of human kind, out of all hope of relief, or prospect of redemption, as soon
as I saw but a prospect of living and that I should not starve and perish for hunger, all
the sense of my affliction wore off; and I began to be very easy, applied myself to the
works proper for my preservation and supply, and was far enough from being afflicted at
my condition, as a judgment from heaven, or as the hand of God against me: these
were thoughts which very seldom entered my head.
Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most clearly show the
interaction of the real-life setting and the characters of the poem? - Answer-And so Tom
awoke, and we rose in the dark,And got with our bags and our brushes to work.Though
the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm:So, if all do their duty, they need not
fear harm.
Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence).
And so he was quiet, and that very night,As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!—
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,Were all of them locked up in
coffins of black.
Which option most clearly explains who Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack most likely are in the
lines? - Answer-They represent others like the chimney sweeper, and the reference to
these common names for boys emphasizes how many there are as well as gives them
identities.
