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On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice (a) When the mirror is being described as being 'unmisted by love or dislike' we understand that the mirror is not misted not prejudiced has four angles silver in colour (b) The other word for 'contemplation' is……….. contempt meditation mediation thoughtful (c) When the mirror says 'it has no preconceptions' it means that: it reflects back an image objectively it modifies an image as it reflects it it beautifies an image as it reflects it it gives a biased view of a person/object (d) The mirror has been called 'a four-cornered god' because: it is square shaped like God it watches you unbiased and fair from all four angles it reflects back all that it sees it never stops reflecting (e) The 'speckles' refer to: a pink object the opposite wall which has spots on it a person with pink pimples pink spots in general (f) The phrase 'agitation of the hand' suggests that the person is: Very ill Very upset Very angry Very happy (g) By saying 'Now I am a lake' the narrator wants to show that the poem is not only about external beauty but also the inside of a person the lake can also reflect surfaces the depth of the lake is important the lake does not show as exact an image as a mirror

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On
the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following
questions by ticking the correct choice



(a)
When the mirror is being described as being 'unmisted by love or
dislike' we understand that the mirror is



  1. not
    misted


  2. not
    prejudiced


  3. has
    four angles


  4. silver
    in colour





(b)
The other word for 'contemplation'
is………..



  1. contempt


  2. meditation


  3. mediation


  4. thoughtful





(c)
When the mirror says 'it
has no preconceptions'
it
means that:



  1. it
    reflects back an image objectively


  2. it
    modifies an image as it reflects it


  3. it
    beautifies an image as it reflects it


  4. it
    gives a biased view of a person/object





(d)
The mirror has been called 'a
four-cornered god'
because:



  1. it
    is square shaped


  2. like
    God it watches you unbiased and fair from all four angles


  3. it
    reflects back all that it sees


  4. it
    never stops reflecting





(e)
The 'speckles'
refer
to:



  1. a
    pink object


  2. the
    opposite wall which has spots on it


  3. a
    person with pink pimples


  4. pink
    spots in general





(f)
The phrase 'agitation
of the hand'
suggests
that the person is:



  1. Very
    ill


  2. Very
    upset


  3. Very
    angry


  4. Very
    happy





(g)
By saying 'Now
I am a lake'
the
narrator wants to show that



  1. the
    poem is not only about external beauty but also the inside of a
    person


  2. the
    lake can also reflect surfaces


  3. the
    depth of the lake is important


  4. the
    lake does not show as exact an image as a mirror




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