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- 1. Multiple Choice
The poem begins in the
1st
2nd
3rd
- 2. Multiple Choice
The narrator says his wife did not perceive him, select all the answers that might be correct interpretations
The wife's eyesight is poor
The husband concealed himself
The wife was so engrossed with looking at the latest fashions, she did not notice him
- 3. Multiple Choice
What tone of voice do you think the exclamation mark signifies at the end of the first voice
Sadness
Regret
Anger
- 4. Multiple Choice
What disease is suggested by the repeated coughing
Flu
Measles
Consumption
palsy
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why do you think the narrator repeatedly coughs, again select all that applies
He has a sore throat from consumption
He is trying to draw attention to his fatal disease
He does not think she heard him
- 6. Multiple Choice
When he says that he will know nothing of the delivery, he is saying that he will be dead, What language device is used here to say the unsuitable
simile
euphemism
oxymoron
pathetic fallacy
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why do you think she paled, select as many as you think are correct
She was embarrassed about being caught enjoying shopping for widow's weeds
She is feeling unwell
She is feeling a sense of guilt about thinking about the future
She is upset about the thought of her husband's death
- 8. Multiple Choice
"Latest fashion" suggests that the wife wants to look
sophisticated, glamorous and en vogue
technologically up to date
- 9. Multiple Choice
The husband is inferring that the wife is looking for
an escape
a bright future
a new husband
- 10. Multiple Choice
"last new note in mourning" is a synonym for latest fashion
true
false
- 11. Multiple Choice
The poem finishes with the image of the future widow
looking melancholy out of the window
reminiscing wistfully about her dead husband
grief stricken, sobbing
decorating herself to make herself look more beautiful and glamourous
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