"Mirror" Practice Test

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• A woman looking into a mirror

• The poet, Sylvia Plath

• The mirror itself

• A lake

How does the mirror describe itself in the first stanza?

• Kind and compassionate

• Unforgiving and harsh

• Truthful and unbiased

• Mysterious and deceptive

What literary device is used in the line “I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.”?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

What does the phrase “The eye of a little god, four-cornered” suggest?

• The mirror sees all, and the mirror has become a god to the woman

• The mirror is judgmental and unfair

• The mirror has limited vision

• The mirror controls fate

In the second stanza, what does the mirror compare itself to?

• A lake

• A river

• A window

• A shadow

What is the main theme of the poem?

• The importance of love and relationships

• The struggle for power

• The passage of time and self-perception

• The illusion of beauty

What is the woman searching for in the mirror?

• Her lost childhood

• Proof that she has some form of beauty

• A way to change her appearance

• A sign of wisdom

What does the line “Now I am a lake” symbolize?

• The mirror has changed shape

• The woman sees herself drowning

• The mirror has depth and reflects truth like water

• The mirror is now useless to the woman

What does the woman see in the lake’s reflection?

• A beautiful young girl

• A blurred image of herself

• An unfamiliar person

• Signs of aging

How does the woman react to her reflection?

• She smiles at her youthful beauty

• She turns away in frustration

• She ignores the changes she sees

• She embraces her appearance