This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. The turn happens in line A) 11. B) 8. C) 10. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9. 3. The last two lines of a sonnet are called a couplet. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which one of these is not a type of Sonnet? A) Petrarchan Sonnet. B) Shakespearean Sonnet. C) Pentonic Sonnet. D) Miltonic Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pentonic Sonnet. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. ..... is a comparison that does not use like or as. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 8. 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?. 9. What is the purpose of the sestet in a sonnet? A) To introduce a change in tone or perspective. B) To change the rhyme scheme. C) To conclude the poem. D) To summarize the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To conclude the poem. 10. What is the purpose of the turn in a sonnet? A) To introduce a complication. B) To change the rhyme scheme. C) To conclude the poem. D) To summarize the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To introduce a complication. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet? A) 5 lines. B) 8 lines. C) 10 lines. D) 14 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14 lines. 15. When did Sonnets originate? A) 13th century. B) 14th century. C) 1400-1500s. D) 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13th century. 16. Which poetry type has exactly 14 lines? A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Villanelles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 17. What Italian poet popularized the sonnet form? A) Shakespeare. B) Milton. C) Petrarch. D) Donne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petrarch. 18. What is the rhyme scheme (pattern)? A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. B) Abba kd. C) AABB CDCD. D) ABAB CDCD EEFF GH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. 19. The choice of words used by a speaker or writer A) Meter. B) Humanism. C) Rhyme. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 20. What type of poem is a sonnet? A) Epic. B) Lyric. C) Narrative. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 1Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 2Shakespeare'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