The Lady of Shalott

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.

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How does the poem’s setting relate to the theme of loneliness in "The Lady of Shalott"?

• The Lady is in an isolated tower.

• Camelot is full of knights that shun the Lady.

• Lancelot rides alone on the busy street looking for love.

• The people of the village fear the Lady.

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Which of the following lines from "The Lady of Shalott" is the best evidence to support the poet's assumption that the Lady is doomed?

• "She knows not what the curse may be."

• "She hath no loyal knight and true."

• "She left the web, she left the loom."

• "There she weaves by night and day."

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

• ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

• ROALD DAHL

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

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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

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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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Did the lady of Shallot know what the curse was?

• Yes, she would die if she left the tower.

• No, the witch didn't tell her

• No, no idea.

• Yes

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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

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What do the people of Camelot do to show they thought the Lady of Shalott to have died an unfortunate death?

• the cross themselves as she passes by in her boat

• the sing a mournful tune as she passes by in her boat

• the call Lancelot to the river to see her corpse

• they read her name on the boat and toss flowers to cover her

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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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