This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the speaker do in each quatrain of Sonnet 130? A) He praises his beloved. B) He makes fun of his beloved. C) He speaks to his beloved. D) He laments the loss of his beloved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He makes fun of his beloved. 2. Which line has a three-syllable word which is treated as a two-syllable word (to preserve regular iambic pentameter)? A) Line 5. B) Line 6. C) Line 7. D) Line 8. E) Line 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line 8. 3. Sestet is a stanza with ..... A) Eight lines. B) Six lines. C) Four lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Six lines. 4. Though Shakespeare went to the King Edwards School, he did not go to ..... A) Church. B) College. C) Work. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) College. 5. Which Sonnet addresses the fair youth as if he were his lord and he was his loyal servant? A) Sonnet 26. B) Sonnet 27. C) Sonnet 15. D) Sonnet 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet 26. 6. Which of the following lines contains alliteration? A) "One day I wrote her name upon the strand". B) "And eke my name be wiped out likewise". C) "Our love shall live, and later life renew". D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Our love shall live, and later life renew". 7. Shakespearean sonnets have two quatrains and two tercets A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. How do you label rhyme scheme? A) Numbers. B) Letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Letters. 9. Akala says hip hop artists and Shakespeare are both ..... ? A) Custodians of knowledge. B) Custodians of language. C) Keepers of knowledge. D) Lyrical geniuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Custodians of knowledge. 10. If moving a load of bricks is referred to as toil, what kind of work must it be? A) Rewarding work. B) Repetitive work. C) Difficult work. D) Simple work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficult work. 11. Limericks have existed for longer than sonnets have. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which poetic form might feature repeating lines? A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Villanelle. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Villanelle. 13. Tone is what? A) The sound from a musical instrument. B) The attitude of the speaker in a poem. C) A pairing of complete opposites. D) A pattern in a sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The attitude of the speaker in a poem. 14. Identify whether the following sonnet is Shakespearean or Petrarchan by nature: A) Shakespearean. B) Petrarchan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shakespearean. 15. As the group faced the challenging puzzle, each member contributed ideas to ..... a strategy for solving it. A) Toil. B) Devise. C) Assay. D) Labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devise. 16. In a sonnet, how does the final couplet function? A) It answers a question asked at the beginning or poses a new perspective. B) It repeats information from earlier. C) It introduces a new theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It answers a question asked at the beginning or poses a new perspective. 17. Turning point in the Shakespearean sonnet, normally in line 9: A) Time. B) Iambic. C) Heroic couplet. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 18. How many lines are there in the octave of a Petrarchan sonnet? (a) A) Four. B) Six. C) Seven. D) A Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Eight. 19. What is the meter of a sonnet? A) Rhymed iambic pentameter. B) Blank verse. C) Trochaic tetrameter. D) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhymed iambic pentameter. 20. What are sonnets traditionally associated with? A) Desire. B) War. C) Religion. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desire. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 1Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 2Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 3Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 4Shakespeare'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