Tennyson/Browning poems

What is the name of the poet who wrote "The Lady of Shalott?

• Lord Alfred Tennyson

• Roald Dahl

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

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In form and content, "The Lady of Shalott" recalls

• Christian allegories

• national epics

• medieval romances

• classical drama

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Why did the lady of Shalott stay in the tower?

• She wanted to be alone
• She was trapped
• There was a curse on her
• Lancelot told her to wait there

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Why is she cursed?

• the reader is never told, and the lady doesn't know either

• she fell in love with Lancelot, but he didn't love her so Merlin put a curse on her

• she had an affair with king Arthur and this is her punishment

• an evil sorceress was jealous of her grace and beauty

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What is the role of the mirror in "The Lady of Shalott"?

• The mirror is a symbol of vanity that helps characterize the Lady of Shalott.

• It is a magical window to the outside world that shows only “shadows” while the Lady longs for things of substance.

• The mirror serves as an ironic device because it appears to be helpful to the Lady. but in fact it is the source of her curse.

• The mirror serves primarily to demonstrate the Lady’s wealth.

Tick FOUR things 'The Lady of Shallott sees in her mirror

• A funeral procession

• A monk on horseback

• Ladies dancing

• Knights riding by

• A newly-wed couple

In "The Lady of Shalott" what does it mean when she says, "I'm half sick of shadows"?

• Her castle is cold and dark

• She wants to die

• She can only venture out at night

• She longs for real life, not reflections

In The Lady of Shallot, Lancelot is described with all the following except

• A bearded meteor trailing bright

• Broad clear brow

• Sunny, blonde curls

• Singing “Tirra Lirra”

With the curse enacted, the Lady of Shalott...

• lives out her life half sick of the shadows.
• dreams of a trip to Camelot to see Lancelot.
• prepares to depart in her boat, but returns to her tower.
• lies down in a boat and dies on her way to Camelot.

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Who are the only people to know of the Lady of Shalott's existence before she takes her ride to Camelot?

• the reapers who hear her singing in her tower
• the knights who ride by her tower
• the other weavers who are in nearby towers
• all of the people who live at Camelot