My Mistress' Eyes
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What point is the speaker making in the closing couplet?
"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare."
He says that there is no one like his lover
She might not be physically appealing, however she is perfect in terms of her mind
He says she is rare. There are few women like her
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Name two things to which the speaker compares is mistress
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does the metaphor of music in stanza 3 impact on your understanding of the poem?
Whereas most sonnets use elevated language about love and to idealise woman, Shakespeare writes that although music is easier to listen to . He does sincerely “love” to hear his mistress speak
Shakespeare writes that this woman is not perfect and he would rather listen to something more melodic than her babble
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Explain what the speaker means when saying his mistress “treads on the ground”?
The object of affection for the speaker is not elevated goddess or angel who floats or glides above the ground; she is a more grounded and physical person who walks with him on earth and has her feet on the ground.
This woman is not a graceful person. She is unlike most women, he does not appreciate her walking this way
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The speaker’s love is sincere. True or False?
True
The love expressed in this sonnet is very sincere and not false. Although the speaker seems to unflattering and critical, he maintains that his love is “rare” as he is able to interact with and share his life with his mistress.
False
The love expressed in this sonnet is very sincere and not false. Although the speaker seems to unflattering and critical, he maintains that his love is “rare” as he is able to interact with and share his life with his mistress.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" the speaker using this literary device comparing what they are not.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the speaker in this poem?
a man who talks about his mistress and mocks conventional poems
a man who views his lover in a true light
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
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