The last Duchess

Fill in the gaps in this quote "Half-flush that ____ along her _____

• dies

  throat

• dyes

  neck

• dies

  body

• dyes

  cheek

The quote "(since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I)

shows .............

• the Duke's desire for control

• the Duke's devastation that his wife is no longer with him

• the Duke's love of paintings

The possessive pronoun in the title "My Last duchess" suggests he Duke ......

• saw her as a possession

• thought she was kind and respectful

• saw her as an equal

Fill in the blanks in this quote

• - too soon made ____ Too easily ___________

• glad

  impressed

• angry

  upset

• happy

  pleased

A dramatic monologue makes the speaker...

• Reliable because they must be telling the truth

• Reliable because the poet is addressing the reader directly

• Unreliable because the speaker is giving their side of the story

• Unreliable because the speaker does not understand what is happening

"all smiles stopped" means..

• She stopped flirting

• She was killed

• She started to pay all attention to him

• She was upset by his attitude

What language technique is used in the phrase "taming a sea-horse" ?

• Similie

• Metaphor

• foreshadowing

The line "taming a sea-horse" is a symbol of the Duke's power over the Duchess. What represents the duke ?

• Neptune, the roman god of the sea

• the sea-horse