Name: _____________________________________Grade/Section:_______________________________

Quiz #1
Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the number.
_______1. The speaker in The Seven ages of Man, holds the opinion that all people
a. are foolish and make mistakes c.will see the seven ages of man
b. are like actors playing roles
d.are quick to quarrel
_______2.the speaker in the seven ages of man says that the lover
a. makes up sentimental songs
c.is overcome by jealousy
b. believes in old sayings
d.makes strange promises
________3. What Characterizes the last age of the seven ages of man?
a. a foolish sentiment
c. a reputation for courage
b. intellectual development
d. childishness and forgetfulness
______4. What does Sans everything probably mean in line 28 of the seven ages of man?
a. imminent dark
c.complete dark
b. crushing poverty
d.horrible disease
for item 5-12 choose your answer from the following:
A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Consonance
D. Onomatopoeia
_______5. The sound of the word echoes the original sound
_______6.The repetition of vowel sounds within words
_______7.The repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words
_______8.The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or syllables
_______9. It shushes/ It hushes/ The loudness in the road.
_______10. A single swan, swinging, sleek as a sequin.
_______11. And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side.
_______12.The bat was blunt and flat.
II. Complete the table by supplying the needed information

STAGE

STAGE

(SHAKESPEARES
WORDS)

(YOUR OWN WORDS)

The infant

The baby

The school boy

2
3

The lover

The soldier
4
justice
5
Old man
6
Second Childishness
7

III. Essay. Discuss briefly yet meaningfully (5 points)

DESCRIPTION
(SHAKESPEARES
WORDS)
Mewling and puking
in his nurses arms
Creeping like a snail

DESCRIPTION
(YOUR OWN WORDS)

Crying and being sick

in his nurses arms

1. How are the first and last stages of man similar, according to the speaker in the seven ages of man?