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Worksheets"To His Coy Mistress," by Andrew Marvell
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The title, "To His Coy Mistress," establishes what about the audience of the poem?
That she is the speaker's girlfriend
That the speaker is judging her
That she is shy or hesitant
All of these
Which is the most accurate translation of the first two lines?
If we had lots of space and time, your reluctance to accept me would be no problem.
Do we have enough space and time to deal with your illegal behavior?
We need lots of time and space for the crimes you commit.
If we have enough space and time, it would be a crime to reject me.
The poem's structure is
One long stanza with couplets and iambic tetramter
Three stanzas with couplets and iambic pentameter
One long stanza with couplets and a highly irregular meter
Three stanzas with couplets and iambic tetrameter
What is the speaker's purpose in the poem?
To convince his girlfriend to wait for him
To convince his girlfriend that he will be faithful to her
To convince his girlfriend to have a physical relationship with him
To reject his girlfriend for her lack of commitment to him
What is the purpose of the first stanza?
To establish the extreme depth of feeling the speaker has for his mistress
To set up a hypothetical situation of endless time and space
Both of these
Neither of these
What is the primary technique used in the first stanza?
understatement
hyperbole
contrast
all of these
What is the primary purpose of the second stanza?
To motivate the speaker's mistress to accept the speaker's affections
To frighten the speaker's mistress with visions of death
Both of these
Neither of these
"The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think , do there embrace." Which is the most accurate translation?
When you are dead and buried, you will have no chance to experience love.
Nobody seeks out death.
Those who want privacy can find it when they die.
Both Blue and Green
What is the speaker's purpose in the last stanza?
To encourage the mistress to run away with him to a fortress
To encourage the mistress to move through life slowly with him.
To encourage the mistress to have an amorous relationship with him immediately
To threaten the mistress with images of prison gates if she rejects him
The third stanza's opening lines tell the mistress that
she must act while she is still young and attractive
she must act early in the morning
both of these
neither of these
