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Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds called?
2. The speaker in Shakespeare's sonnet 130 could best be described as
3. The children ran quickly to the school. What is quickly in this sentence?
4. In Sonnet 30, how would you characterize the ending?
5. The themes of sonnets typically express strong emotion such as love.
6. An example of an oxymoron would be
7. According to the speaker in Sonnet 73 ( "That time of year thou mayst in me behold" ), how will his aging affect the person he addresses?
8. What is the rhyme scheme of the sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet?
9. Language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night, " "the stinging cold, " "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof"
10. In literature, the character who antagonizes the main character, considered the "bad guy."
11. What type of meter is used in sonnets?
12. The continuation of a sentence without a pause (punctuation) beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
13. What is a device in literature where an object represents an idea.
14. The imaginary person who speaks the words of a poem, not necessarily the poet
15. Which of the following phrases from Sonnet 116 best supports Shakespeare's message in the sonnet that love will never change?
16. Which type of poetry is usually written in common meter (alternating lines of tetrameter [8 syllables per line] and trimeter [6 syllables per line]?
17. In general, 14 line poem with a set rhyme scheme is a .....
18. "My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" is the opening line to
19. How many syllables does iambic pentameter have?
20. Sonnets have..... lines
21. What topic did Shakespeare's sonnets focus on?
22. In Spenser's Sonnet 1, the speaker says the pages in his love's hands are "Like captives trembling at the victor's sight." What theme does this line support?
23. "Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day " is the opening line to
24. What type of rhyme does a spanish sonnet have
25. A change in the focus of the sonnet from the first part is a
26. The last six lines of a sonnet are called a/an
27. Caesura:a natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle
28. Petrarchan sonnets and Shakespearean sonnets are the same
29. Who are sonnets 127-154 addressed to?
30. What is a four line stanza?
31. How many stanzas are in a sonnet?
32. The second quatrain of a Shakespearean Sonnet is there to
33. A figure of speech that compares two things, usually using the words like or as; for example, "like a thief in the night, " "quiet as a mouse"
34. How many syllables does a sonnet line normally have?
35. The first 126 sonnets written by Shakespeare are written to
36. Which of the following is a satirical headline?
37. A stanza of poetry known as four lines is called a ..... ?
38. What are quatrains?
39. What organ does a metronome mimic in the human body?
40. Which type of poetry follows the rhythm of natural speech?
41. The factual and lighthearted tone of the sonnet suggests that the poet wants the reader to understand-
42. This root means foot
43. Which poetry type has 19 lines and 6 stanzas (5 tercets and 1 quatrain)?
44. The main message of the poem is the constancy and endlessness of love. How is this reflected in the form of the poem?
45. Who made the sonnet form famous?
46. "A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise." What does the speaker's beloved say about his efforts to write her name in the sand?
47. This sonnet is not directed to (or written about) the Fair Youth, but instead to or about .....
48. Petrarch wrote most of his sonnets to a woman named
49. Shakespearean Sonnets have how many couplets?
50. What is a "volta" in a sonnet?
51. Which of the following lines from sonnet 60 best exemplifies the inevitability of time?
52. Which of the following poems is a parody making fun of another poet's work?
53. Sonnets are always 14 lines.
54. The scientist decided to conduct an ..... to determine the chemical composition of the newly discovered substance.
55. What nationality is the Petrarchan sonnet?
56. A foot is an iamb if .....
57. How many stressed syllables are in:'Your force to break, blow, burn and make me new.'
58. In Sidney's Sonnet 31, the speaker addresses the moon. In Sonnet 39, the speaker addresses sleep. What characteristic of a sonnet sequence do these two poems display?
59. What is the shifting part of a sonnet?
60. Which part of the Italian sonnet can change its rhyme scheme?
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