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Analysing the poem 'London'

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English AQA

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  • Q1
    Which word is repeated in 'London' that means owned and controlled?
    manacles
    ''blights''
    forg'd
    ban
    charter'd
    30s
  • Q2
    What does the word ''marks'' suggest in the first stanza of 'London'?
    the soot etched into the people's faces from sweeping chimneys
    the imprint in history that the people want to make by having a revolution
    the permanence of the people's suffering
    30s
  • Q3
    Why is the context of the Industrial Revolution important to the poem 'London'?
    Blake suggests the pollution from the Industrial Revolution is the worst ill
    The Industrial Revolution slowly began to improve London which Blake admires
    The Industrial Revolution widened inequality in society which Blake criticises
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  • Q4
    Why is the context of the French Revolution important in the poem 'London'?
    Blake advocates the idea that oppressed could reclaim power from the privileged
    Blake disapproved of the violent ways in which monarchs were killed
    Blake believed people should have more power than establishments
    30s
  • Q5
    How does Blake suggest that marriage is futile in 'London'?
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    30s
  • Q6
    How does Blake suggest the corruption of religious establishments through his poem 'London'?
    He suggests they are complicit in child labour
    He suggests they control the river Thames
    He suggests they are to blame for the deaths of soldiers
    30s

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