AP Multiple Choice "Mirror"
The word "swallow" (line 2) is best understood to mean I. absorb or envelop II. accept without question III. keep from expressing of showing
A) I and II
Which of the following best restates the meaning of line 9?
A) People block the mirror's view of the wall, and it cannot see it in the dark.
Taken alone, the phrase "I see her back" (line 13) suggests that the mirror does all the following EXCEPT
A) empathize with the woman and feel a need to reflect her "faithfully"
The speaker implies that the "candles (and) the moon" are "liars" (line 12) because
A) they offer a light that makes the woman appear more attractive than she is
"(H)er face that replaces the darkness" (line 16) refers to the
A) woman's turning on the light
The most notable shift that separates the two stanzas is a change in
B) focus, from the mirror to the woman
The antecedents of the pronoun "us" in line 9 are
B) the mirror and the pink wall
The poet's choice of the word "faithfully"in line 13 most directly reinforces
C) "unmisted"(line 3)
The phrase "eye of a little god" (line 5) is best interpreted to imply
C) The mirror's unassailable dominance
The poem draws its perspective primarily from
C) extended personification of the mirror
Which of the following best describes the poem as a whole?
E) a somber reflection on our own perceptions of our own again