This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To whom were his sonnets written? A) Mary Magdalene. B) Queen Elizabeth. C) The dark lady. D) Laura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laura. 2. When Shakespeare says:My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; This is an example of: A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile. 3. What do we call a change in tone, subject, or theme between the second and fourth quatrains of a sonnet? A) Plot twist. B) Anticlimax. C) Inciting incident. D) Turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn. 4. Which poetry type introduces characters, setting, and possible conflict (usually in the first stanza)? A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Villanelles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 5. In Shakespearean dramas, a/an ..... is when a character says something unexpected or employs sarcasm. A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Ironing board. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 6. Which word of small phrase is NOT an example of an iambic rhythm? A) Trapeze. B) Fall down. C) Go boom. D) Do now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do now. 7. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a much more pleasing sound:This means ..... A) Music sounds nice. B) He loves listening to her speak. C) His love does not have a nice sounding voice. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Where is the final message of a sonnet found? A) The volta. B) The first quatrain. C) The rhyming couplet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rhyming couplet. 9. What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet? A) A b b a a b b a c d c d c d. B) A b a b c d c d e f e f e f. C) A a b b c c d d e e f f g g. D) A b b a c d d c e f f e g g. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A b b a a b b a c d c d c d. 10. A humorous play on words, possibly via homophones. A) Pun. B) Paradox. C) Parallelism. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 11. What topics are used in a sonnet? A) Aging, death, life, and love. B) Love, friendships, sickness, and family. C) Family, community, love, and coming of age. D) Aging, culture, fear, and humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aging, death, life, and love. 12. Who answers Milton's question: "Doth God exact day labor, light denied?" A) Patience. B) Pamela. C) Portia. D) Persistence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patience. 13. The third quatrain of the sonnet is there to A) Introduce the main theme or metaphor. B) Extend the metaphor or theme. C) Provide a twist or conflict. D) Summarize the sonnet and leave the reader with a lasting image. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide a twist or conflict. 14. How many lines are in the sestet section of a sonnet? A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 15. The attitude of the writer toward the topic or subject A) Tone. B) Style. C) Speaker. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 16. How many feet are in a line written in tetrameter? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 17. Spanish sonnet A) 4433. B) 4442. C) 4343. D) 4342. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4433. 18. How many syllables are in a line of a sonnet? A) 5. B) 7. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 19. True or False:The two types of syllables we talked about are stressed and unstressed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Which theme is commonly explored in Shakespearean sonnets? A) Nature's beauty. B) Immortality through poetry. C) The passage of time. D) Courtly love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immortality through poetry. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books