This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A comparison NOT using like or as A) Simile. B) Compariphor. C) Similarity. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. How many quatrains are usually in a sonnet? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 3. How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet contain? A) 10. B) 8. C) 14. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 4. . Which of these lines contains an example of syncope? A) 3. B) 4. C) 6. D) 7. E) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 8. 5. The shift in a sonnet usually takes place around all of the following lines EXCEPT? A) 7. B) 8. C) 9. D) 13-14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 6. In a Shakespearean drama, a/an ..... is the preliminary events or statements. A) Parody. B) Prologue. C) Dialogue. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prologue. 7. The syllable pairings for Iambic Pentameter are: A) Unstressed, Stressed. B) Stressed, Unstressed. C) Unstressed, Unstressed. D) Stressed, Stressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unstressed, Stressed. 8. Who is the author of the poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night'? A) Robert Frost. B) Emily Dickinson. C) William Shakespeare. D) Dylan Thomas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dylan Thomas. 9. Pentameter is..... A) Another name for star-crossed lovers because "penta" is a star. B) 5 repetitions of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. C) An ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme. D) A 14 line poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 repetitions of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 10. What are works of literature that convey meaning through language and sound called? A) Poems. B) Novels. C) Plays. D) Essays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poems. 11. Shakespeare was a master of what type of poetry? A) Free Verse. B) Sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnets. 12. What is a romance A) Poem that has octosyllable verses (8) syllables per verse, asonant rhyme in even verses, odd verses in free verse, indeterminate verses. B) A style of poem that has verses 10 silibias per assonant rhyme in the even verses, odd verses are free verse, indeterminate verses. C) A style of poem that has octosyllabic verses, consonant rhyme in the even verses, odd verses are free verse, indeterminate verses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem that has octosyllable verses (8) syllables per verse, asonant rhyme in even verses, odd verses in free verse, indeterminate verses. 13. The first eight lines of a sonnet are called a/an A) Quartet. B) Sestet. C) Mark. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Octave. 14. In Shakespeare's sonnet 29, when the speaker thinks of his love what wouldn't he do? A) Stop loving her. B) Change a thing about her. C) Trade places with a king. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade places with a king. 15. A series of two or three syllables in a specific pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. A) Trochaic foot. B) Iambic foot. C) Metrical foot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metrical foot. 16. In a Shakespearean sonnet, what purpose does the closing rhymed couplet often serve? A) Introduction of a new theme. B) A twist in the narrative. C) A resolution or conclusion. D) A shift in tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A resolution or conclusion. 17. The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes is an example of what type of poetry? A) Free Verse. B) Sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse. 18. What is the term for the poet's choice of words? A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Grammar. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 19. A stanza of eight lines in a poem A) Sestet. B) Octave. C) Quatrain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Octave. 20. In "Sonnet VII", Milton is reflecting on his life now that he has reached the age of ..... A) 21. B) 22. C) 23. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 1Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 2Shakespeare'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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books