"The Seven Ages of Man" by William Shakespeare

The poet compares the world to

• a story book
• a film
• a stage
• a playground

The poem compares "exit" to

• birth
• life
• doors
• death

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In the second stage of life, man

• mewls and pukes
• goes to school unwillingly
• cries in his nurses lap
• sings and plays

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As a young lover, according to the poet, man 

• learns to dance
• composes ballads for his beloved
• goes hunting in the forest
• does exercises to build his muscles

The poet describes man as a soldier in the 

• third stage
• 4th stage
• 5th stage
• 6th stage

In the 5th stage of life, man is described as

• the lover
• the soldier
• the judge
• a senile man

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The 7th stage of man is also described as

• infancy
• childhood
• second childhood
• adulthood

"Creeping like a snail" is an example of 

• metaphor
• alliteration
• personification
• simile

The poem, "The Seven Ages of Man", is written by

• William Wordsworth
• William Shakespeare
• William Golding
• Alfred Lord Tennesy

"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely ________".

• puppets
• actors
• players
• dummies

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