This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Poetry > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did Shakespeare break tradition when he wrote Sonnet 130? A) He wrote about someone he hated to show his dislike of typical sonnets. B) He did not break tradition. He stayed in tradition to show others he could do it. C) He compared a woman to nature, but said she could not compare to nature's beauty as a way to critique other sonnet's unrealistic comparisons. D) He wrote about his pet dog instead of a person to mock tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He compared a woman to nature, but said she could not compare to nature's beauty as a way to critique other sonnet's unrealistic comparisons. 2. Select the statement that is NOT a hyperbole. A) Tina's baby sister is smaller than a mustard seed. B) The brick mansion is as grand as the castles in England. C) Amari ate a truckload of lo-mein. D) Carrie's personality is larger than life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brick mansion is as grand as the castles in England. 3. What is the meter of a poem? A) A rhythm created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. B) A pattern of rhyme. C) The number of lines in the poem. D) The final couplet of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rhythm created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 4. What is this rhyme scheme an example of?abba abba cde cde A) Italian. B) English. C) Iambic pentameter. D) Shakespearean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian. 5. In Sonnet 12 ( "When I do count the clock that tells the time" ), what idea does the speaker introduce in the opening quatrain and develop in the next quatrain? A) Love will endure. B) Time marches on. C) Beauty is only skin deep. D) Nature is the best teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time marches on. 6. Ballads often include cliches. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. What type of poems are sonnets usually? A) Love poems. B) Tragic poems. C) Comedic poems. D) Political poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love poems. 8. True or False:Women were allowed to act in plays A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. A Shakespearean sonnet uses the Rhyme Scheme of ..... A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG. C) ABCD ABCD ABCD EF. D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. 10. In Shakespeare's sonnet 29, which of the following lines shows a change in tone? A) "Desiring this man's art and that man's scope". B) "With what I most enjoy contented least". C) "Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising". D) "Haply I think on thee, and then my state". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Haply I think on thee, and then my state". 11. With what physical limitation is Milton now living? A) Deaf. B) Insane. C) Blind. D) Cripple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blind. 12. Shakespearean Sonnets have how many quatrains? A) 4. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. E) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 13. In a Shakespearean drama, a/an ..... is a character talking to oneself alone onstage expressing their innermost thoughts, feelings, opinions, or ambitions. A) Soliloquy. B) Monologue. C) Aside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 14. How many quatrains are contained in an English Sonnet? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 15. A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter and must follow a certain rhyme scheme. A) Sonnet. B) Haiku. C) Ballad. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 16. A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, as an expression. A) Paradox. B) Parallelism. C) Oxymoron. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 17. A word part/sound A) Synonym. B) Couplet. C) Syllable. D) Rhyme. E) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syllable. 18. Which type of poem must have 14 lines? A) Free Verse. B) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 19. What is the Rhyme Scheme of a Couplet? A) GG. B) AB. C) BC. D) CC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GG. 20. What was the main themes of the Renaissance? A) The Renaissance period was Old English culture. B) The Renaissance period was the rebirth of the Arts, Science, and Culture. C) The Renaissance period was a time of war. D) The Renaissance period was all about love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Renaissance period was the rebirth of the Arts, Science, and Culture. 21. Classic English sonnets are usually written in ..... A) Iambic pentameter. B) Pangrams. C) Secret code. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 22. What does the speaker mean by "the vein of my accustomed art is dry" ? A) He wants to learn a new art form. B) He has lost interest in writing poetry. C) He can't write poetry without the inspiration of his love. D) His poetry is meaningless to the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He can't write poetry without the inspiration of his love. 23. Using words that have the same(or very similar)ending soundis called A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 24. In literature, the main character of the story, considered the "good guy." A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Central character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 25. Which two themes best relate to Sonnet 73? A) Marriage and Aging. B) Life and Death. C) Love and Death. D) Seasons of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love and Death. 26. In Shakespearean dramas, a line of poetry with 5 unstressed and 5 stressed syllables is ..... A) Diethyl ether. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Trochaic pentameter. D) Tretra ether. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic pentameter. 27. A comparison between unlike items using a linking verb. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 28. "But bears it out even to the edge of doom" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 29. He is a well known English-American writer and he also wrote " The Seven Ages of Man" ? A) William Smith. B) Willie Shakespeare. C) William Shakespeare. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 30. Of all sonnet writers, William Shakespeare is the most well-known. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. The two rhyming lines at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet are called ..... A) The sest. B) A quatrain. C) A limerick. D) A couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A couplet. 32. Traditionally the sonnet is ..... A) A twelve-line poem written in iambic pentameter. B) A traditional Elizabethan game. C) A twelve-line poem written in dactyl. D) A fourteen-line poem written iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fourteen-line poem written iambic pentameter. 33. Parody:a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Which of the following is in the right order? A) Octave, Volta, Sestet. B) Octave, Sestet, Volta. C) Volta, Sesset, Octave. D) Settet, Volta, Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Octave, Volta, Sestet. 35. The most common type of rhyme scheme is ..... A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End rhyme. 36. An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. What is the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet? A) Three quatrains and a rhymed couplet. B) Two quatrains and a sestet. C) Three quatrains and a quatrain. D) Two quatrains and two rhymed couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two quatrains and a sestet. 38. The turn happens in line A) 10. B) 11. C) 9. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 39. The last two lines of a sonnet are called a couplet. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. A six line stanza is called A) A quatrain. B) And sisters. C) The sest. D) A blue hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sest. 41. Which statement about the tone of Shakespeare's sonnet 130 is correct? A) It is playful and ironic throughout. B) It is serious and formal throughouot. C) It is familiar and critical from beginning to end. D) At first it is humorous, but the last couplet is sincere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At first it is humorous, but the last couplet is sincere. 42. ..... is a comparison that does not use like or as. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 43. Translate:Wilt thou arrive early at th' dance? A) Shall they arrive early at the dance?. B) Are you going to arrive early at th' dance?. C) Will you arrive early at the dance?. D) Will thou arrive early at the dance?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will you arrive early at the dance?. 44. What is the purpose of the sestet in a sonnet? A) To summarize the argument. B) To change the rhyme scheme. C) To conclude the poem. D) To introduce a change in tone or perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To conclude the poem. 45. What is the purpose of the turn in a sonnet? A) To summarize the argument. B) To change the rhyme scheme. C) To conclude the poem. D) To introduce a complication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To introduce a complication. 46. In Sonnet 73, what advice does the speaker give in the last two lines? A) Beauty is subjective; though we get old, we can still be beautiful. B) Listen to your elders:we know more than you think we do about life and love. C) Be careful with my love because it can burn you like fire. D) Cherish me all the more because I won't be around forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cherish me all the more because I won't be around forever. 47. The content of an elegy includes ..... A) Praise of the subject, as well as grieving for the subject. B) Only praise. C) A hip-hop beat and lyrics. D) Sad lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Praise of the subject, as well as grieving for the subject. 48. A pair of syllables where one is unstressed and the other is stressed is a ..... A) Finger. B) Foot. C) Hand. D) Toe. E) Inverted foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foot. 49. How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet? A) 5 lines. B) 14 lines. C) 10 lines. D) 8 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 lines. 50. When did Sonnets originate? A) 14th century. B) 13th century. C) 1400-1500s. D) 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13th century. 51. Which poetry type has exactly 14 lines? A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Villanelles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 52. What Italian poet popularized the sonnet form? A) Petrarch. B) Shakespeare. C) Donne. D) Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petrarch. 53. What is the rhyme scheme (pattern)? A) ABAB CDCD EEFF GH. B) Abba kd. C) AABB CDCD. D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. 54. The choice of words used by a speaker or writer A) Rhyme. B) Humanism. C) Diction. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 55. What type of poem is a sonnet? A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Pastoral. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 56. A volta in a sonnet is normally A) The emotions of the poet. B) The total number of lines. C) The last punctuation mark at the end of the 14 lines. D) The punctuation mark that normally separates a set of lines or a redirection of thought in the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The punctuation mark that normally separates a set of lines or a redirection of thought in the poem. 57. An "iamb" is a part of the poem's meter that has ..... syllables. A) 3. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 58. How many feet of iambic pentameter are in most Shakespearean poems? A) 1. B) 5. C) 2. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 59. Octave is a stanza with ..... A) Eight lines. B) Six lines. C) Four lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eight lines. 60. Over how many letters did Elizabeth and Robert Browning exchange? A) Over 800. B) Over 200. C) Over 300. D) Over 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over 500. 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