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    The document summarizes William Shakespeare's poem "The Seven Ages of Man" which describes the seven stages of a man's life from infancy to old age. It begins with the infant stage of "mewling and puking" and progresses through childhood, soldiering, love, and old age. The final stage is described as a "second childishness" where the man loses his faculties and needs to be cared for like a child once more before his death or "exit" from life. The poem uses the metaphor of a play to represent life's progression through these seven defined ages or roles.

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    The document summarizes William Shakespeare's poem "The Seven Ages of Man" which describes the seven stages of a man's life from infancy to old age. It begins with the infant stage of "mewling and puking" and progresses through childhood, soldiering, love, and old age. The final stage is described as a "second childishness" where the man loses his faculties and needs to be cared for like a child once more before his death or "exit" from life. The poem uses the metaphor of a play to represent life's progression through these seven defined ages or roles.

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    The document summarizes William Shakespeare's poem "The Seven Ages of Man" which describes the seven stages of a man's life from infancy to old age. It begins with the infant stage of "mewling and puking" and progresses through childhood, soldiering, love, and old age. The final stage is described as a "second childishness" where the man loses his faculties and needs to be cared for like a child once more before his death or "exit" from life. The poem uses the metaphor of a play to represent life's progression through these seven defined ages or roles.

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    The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare

    1. "The Seven Ages of Man" describe

    a. stories that start in the middle and then c. acts in a play, ending with a conclusion
    go back in time d. human life from infancy to old age
    b. a popular, old English team sport related
    to soccer

    2. According to the poem, the second stage in a man's life is the

    a. Schoolboy c. Lover
    b. Soldier d. Old man

    3. According to the speaker, the "players" in these seven acts of life

    a. can choose whether or not to be in one c. must wear glasses and stockings
    of the acts d. enter as adults and exit as school
    b. enter as infants and exit as aged people children

    4. The infant is described as "mewling and puking". What does this mean?

    a. crying and spitting up c. laughing and smiling


    b. fussy and unhappy d. sleeping and content

    5. The poem compares "exit" to

    a. Birth c. Life
    b. Doors d. Death

    6. The poet describes man as a soldier in the

    a. 3rd stage c. 4th stage


    b. 5th stage d. 6th stage

    7. In the fifth stage of life man is described as

    a. The lover c. The soldier


    b. The judge d. A senile man

    8. The seven roles that a man plays correspond to his

    a. Chronological age in life c. Desires


    b. Mental age in life d. Idea of a perfect life

    9. Why in one stage of life does man experience "a world to wide/For his shrunk shank"?
    a. After a war, a hungry soldier does not fit into his uniform.
    b. When a man becomes older, he also shrinks in size.
    c. A lover feels smaller because the power of love is so large.
    d. The judge understand that he makes big decisions.
    10. “Last scene of all,
    That ends this strange eventful history,
    Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
    Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”
    Why does the poet call this stage “second childishness”?
    a. After this scene the actor makes his exit, that is, he dies.
    b. The man needs to be cared for like a child.
    c. The man continuously cries and laments.
    d. The man spends his life like a baby.
    11. What is the significance of the words ‘entrances’ and ‘exits’ in the poem ‘The Seven Ages’ ?
    12. Why does a man in his life play many parts ?
    13. If human life is nothing but a ‘tamasha’, what message does the poet want to convey to us ?
    Tamasha- noun a grand show, performance, or celebration

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