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Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. The words "mine ears" and "tongue's tune" in line 5 are examples of ..... feet.
2. The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with five lines each.
3. What is the rhyme scheme for the poem "Dreams" ?Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.
4. How does the repetition of lines in a villanelle affect the reader's experience?
5. What is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?
6. What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?
7. A Shakespeare Sonnet has ..... lines
8. These two sonnets were
9. Which sonnet form did Milton use?
10. An extended metaphor:
11. Is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization?
12. ..... occurs when a character says one thing (sometimes by using a figure of speech or pun) but means something else.
13. Usually the narrator of a ballad tells the story with personal feelings or attitudes.
14. What is a tercet (a villanelle has 5 of them)?
15. How many syllables are in a foot
16. The final two verses of a Shakespearean sonnet are called
17. Some versions of Sonnet 23 substitute ....., which sometimes leads to differing interpretations.
18. What are rythmic sets called?
19. The use of humour, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticise people's stupidity.
20. Sonnet 29 effectively uses or implies a number of contrasts, including all of the following except
21. The poet's use of couplets demonstrates that she is-
22. That puppy has such pretty eyes. What is pretty in this sentence?
23. In a sonnet, two successive lines joined by similar syllables or rhyming.
24. The final two lines of the sonnet
25. Where did the sonnet originate?
26. A regular pattern of sound and beats within a poem
27. A ballad tells a dramatic story in simple terms.
28. Who are sonnets 1-126 addressed to?
29. Soneto de ingles/ shakespeariano What is its structure
30. Which quatrain states the first idea or metaphor?
31. Vassalage means:
32. In sonnet 43, lines 9-12, the speaker implies her love is
33. Why would a poet choose the form of a sonnet over free verse?
34. The words a writer chooses and the way the writer arranges the words into sentences
35. What is the final couplet of a sonnet usually about?
36. How many beats are in an iamb?
37. In Sidney's Sonnet 31, the speaker addresses the moon. In Sonnet 39, the speaker talks about sleep. What theme do both of these sonnets share?
38. In Sonnet 12 ( "When I do count the clock that tells the time" ), what do the images of passing time make the speaker wonder about the person he addresses?
39. Shakespearean Sonnets end in a .....
40. In a Shakespearean drama, a/an ..... character is a character who's in extreme contrast from another character; they're opposite personalities.
41. Iambic pentameter means each line has 10 syllables. The pattern is unstressed/stressed syllable.
42. The air of London in the early morning is
43. What is the tone of Sonnet 130?
44. If a sonnet has a 3 quatrains how many total lines will there be?
45. What is an octave (the 1st part of an Italian/Petrarchan sonnet uses this)?
46. These sonnets are addressed to a young man:
47. Which monarch (king or queen) was first on the throne during Shakespeare's time?
48. A Shakespearean ..... is a serious drama with an unhappy ending; typically the main character is destined to do something great but a flaw causes their tragic end.
49. Which of the following things does Milton learn is NOT expected by God?
50. What is the term for the two ending rhymes in a sonnet?
51. What poetic meter features five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry, , totaling ten syllables in a line?
52. The regular repeating pattern of beats and syllables are called
53. Of how many lines does a limerick consist?
54. The content of a sonnet includes .....
55. Where does the rhymed couplet appear in Shakespearean sonnets?
56. Who is considered the greatest sonnet writer in English literature?
57. Who is the person who translated the Bible from Latin to Middle English so even the common could understand?
58. How many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter
59. What makes an alternate rhyming couplet?
60. Iambic pentameter helps create a rhythm to the poem.
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