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Craft of Writing: The Lady of Shalott

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is a theme for the poem "The Lady of Shalott"?
a)
Courage in the face of danger
b)
Unspoken or unrequited love
c)
Viewing the finer things in life
d)
Venturing into the unknown
2.
What is a synonym for "realm"?
a)
persona
b)
county
c)
shalott
d)
kingdom
3.
With the curse enacted, the Lady of Shalott...
a)
lives out her life half sick of the shadows.
b)
dreams of a trip to Camelot to see Lancelot.
c)
prepares to depart in her boat, but returns to her tower.
d)
lies down in a boat and dies on her way to Camelot.
4.
What line from the poem suggests that the Lady of Shalott knows the risks of the curse by looking at Camelot directly?
a)
"I am half sick of shadows"
b)
"The curse is come upon me"
c)
A funeral with plumes and lights
d)
God in his mercy lend her grace
5.
Who are the only people to know of the Lady of Shalott's existence before she takes her ride to Camelot?
a)
the reapers who hear her singing in her tower
b)
the knights who ride by her tower
c)
the other weavers who are in nearby towers
d)
all of the people who live at Camelot
6.
What do the people of Camelot do to show they thought the Lady of Shalott to have died an unfortunate death?
a)
the cross themselves as she passes by in her boat
b)
the sing a mournful tune as she passes by in her boat
c)
the call Lancelot to the river to see her corpse
d)
they read her name on the boat and toss flowers to cover her
7.
"I am half sick of shadows." is uttered by the Lady after she sees what two images in her mirror?
a)
newlyweds and a funeral
b)
newlyweds and Lancelot
c)
newlyweds and two knights
d)
a funeral and a village
8.
How does each of the four parts of "The Lady of Shalott" conclude?
a)
with a quote
b)
with the word Camelot
c)
with a vivid description of a color
d)
with a flashback to the day the curse was enacted
9.

What type of boat is NOT mentioned in the poem?

a)

boat

b)

shallop

c)

coracle

d)

barge

10.

The mood of the first part of the poem contrasts with the mood of the last part; what item is NOT PARALLEL but OPPOSITE?

a)

the weather

b)

the song of the lady

c)

the time of day

d)

the houses

11.

Who is the speaker at the end of Part 1?

a)

Tennyson

b)

The Lady of Shalott

c)

Sir Lancelot

d)

A farm worker

12.
VOCAB:  the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
a)
enjambment
b)
persona
c)
blank verse
d)
connoisseur
13.
VOCAB: non-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter. It has a consistent meter with 10 syllables in each line, where, unstressed syllables are followed by stressed ones and five of which are stressed but do not rhyme
a)
blank verse
b)
laureate
c)
sonnet
d)
free verse
14.
VOCAB: sadness
a)
melanin
b)
melanoma
c)
melancholy
d)
menagerie
15.
Which poem was NOT written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
a)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
b)
Maud
c)
The Leviathan
d)
Ulysses
16.

The first four stanzas of the poem describe which type of setting?

a)

Castle

b)

Pastoral

c)

Urban

d)

Provincial

17.

"Camelot" is repeated every fifth line and forms a

a)

chorus

b)

alliteration

c)

refrain

d)

suggestion

18.

"Burnishe'd hooves" is an example of which type of imagery?

a)

aural

b)

kinaesthetic

c)

rage

d)

visual

19.

"Like some bold seer" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

rhyme

20.

"Singing in her song she died" is...

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoiea

21.

Religious allusion can be seen in this line

a)

"the first house by the water side"

b)

"Heard a carol, mournful, holy"

c)

"a gleaming shape she floated by"

d)

"God in his mercy lend her grace"

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