This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of poem must have 14 lines? A) Free Verse. B) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 2. What is the Rhyme Scheme of a Couplet? A) AB. B) CC. C) BC. D) GG. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GG. 3. 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. 4. Classic English sonnets are usually written in ..... A) Pangrams. B) Secret code. C) Latin. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter. 5. What does the speaker mean by "the vein of my accustomed art is dry" ? A) He has lost interest in writing poetry. B) His poetry is meaningless to the world. C) He can't write poetry without the inspiration of his love. D) He wants to learn a new art form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He can't write poetry without the inspiration of his love. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. In Shakespearean dramas, a line of poetry with 5 unstressed and 5 stressed syllables is ..... A) Tretra ether. B) Trochaic pentameter. C) Iambic pentameter. D) Diethyl ether. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iambic pentameter. 10. A comparison between unlike items using a linking verb. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. "But bears it out even to the edge of doom" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 12. He is a well known English-American writer and he also wrote " The Seven Ages of Man" ? A) William Smith. B) William Shakespeare. C) William Shakespeare. D) Willie Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 13. Of all sonnet writers, William Shakespeare is the most well-known. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The two rhyming lines at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet are called ..... A) A quatrain. B) A couplet. C) The sest. D) A limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A couplet. 15. Traditionally the sonnet is ..... A) A twelve-line poem written in dactyl. B) A fourteen-line poem written iambic pentameter. C) A traditional Elizabethan game. D) A twelve-line poem written in iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fourteen-line poem written iambic pentameter. 16. Parody:a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which of the following is in the right order? A) Volta, Sesset, Octave. B) Octave, Volta, Sestet. C) Settet, Volta, Octave. D) Octave, Sestet, Volta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Octave, Volta, Sestet. 18. The most common type of rhyme scheme is ..... A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 19. How many lines in a sonnet? A) 14. B) 10. C) 100. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 20. 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) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 1Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 3Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 4Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 5Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 6Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 7Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 8Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 9Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books