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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is the speaker of the poem?
The woman
A mirror
A god
The lake
- 2. Multiple Choice
The following line is an example of _____
Line 2: "Whatever I see I swallow immediately"
Personification, It implies that the mirror consumes whatever it sees
Simile: It is comparing the mirror something that sees
Metaphor: It is comparing the mirror without using 'like' or 'as'
- 3. Multiple Choice
The metaphor "eye of a little god" implies that the mirror
Can see
is mean or cruel
Is all knowing
Controls everything
- 4. Multiple Choice
The woman eventually turns away from the mirror, preventing her from seeing her true self (Line 12). What does she turn to instead?
The lake
candles, or the moon
tears and agitation of hands
the wall (it is pink with speckles)
- 5. Multiple Choice
When the woman sees herself and responds with "tears, and agitation of hands" we can tell that the mirror...
doesn't like when the woman walks by it
has made the woman cry because of her aging appearance
doesn't care, or is indifferent, toward the woman
- 6. Multiple Choice
Read the following line: "I am important to her. She comes and goes". This shows that the mirror is...
arrogant
negative
sarcastic
earnest
- 7. Multiple Choice
The second stanza of the poem is mainly about...
the mirror's feelings
how the mirror knows everything
the lake, and how the woman interacts with it
the terrible fish, and how the woman hates it
- 8. Multiple Choice
The author uses the word drowned in Line 17 to suggest...
that the woman drowned in the lake
the woman accepts that she is aging
the woman is unhappy about her failed marriage
the passing of time
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the structure of the poem?
Haiku
Free Verse
Sonnet
Limerick
- 10. Multiple Choice
The last line of the poem is a simile that suggests...
the woman is becoming a more terrible person
the woman is becoming as ugly as a fish
the woman slowly loses her youth over time.
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