Seven Ages of Man

Which stage of man is full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel.

• Infant

• School boy

• lover

• soldier

"The Seven Ages of Man" describe

• stories that start in the middle and then go back in time

• acts in a play, ending with a conclusion

• a popular, old English team sport related to soccer

• human life from infancy to old age

According to the poem, the second stage in a man's life is the

• schoolboy

• lover

• soldier

• old man

What is the characteristic of man in the third stage of life?

• He writes ballads to his mistress

• He takes strange oaths.

• He carries a satchel

• He wears pantaloons.

Why in one stage of life does man experience "a world to wide/For his shrunk shank"?

• After a war, a hungry soldier does not fit into his uniform.

• A lover feels smaller because the power of love is so large.

• When a man becomes older, he also shrinks in size.

• The judge understand that he makes big decisions.

According to the speaker, the "players" in these seven acts of life

• can choose whether or not to be in one of the acts

• must wear glasses and stockings

• enter as infants and exit as aged people

• enter as adults and exit as school children

The poem compares "exit" to

• birth
• life
• doors
• death

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

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

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

• puppets
• actors
• players
• dummies

What is the tone of the poem Invictus?

• fear

• sadness

• courageous

• obedience