This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write your glorious name. Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew."Why does the speaker say that his beloved's name, as well as their love, will last forever? A) Because he has written about them in his poetry. B) Because they have become famous. C) Because songs about her virtues will be sung throughout eternity. D) Because the heavens will declare her glorious name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he has written about them in his poetry. 2. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything used ..... sound device. A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 3. "Her phone burst into flames like a Samsung" is alluding to ..... A) A place. B) The Galaxy Note 7. C) Apple iPhone. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Galaxy Note 7. 4. All Sonnets sonnet have the same number of lines. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Sonnets are poems of 14 lines A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. How many lines must a sonnet have? A) 14. B) 12. C) 24. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 7. According to the speaker, in what way are the on-line flowers better than real ones? A) They are customized. B) They come with a message. C) They will last forever. D) They can easily be deleted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They will last forever. 8. In the poem, gym & crow is a pun on? A) His high school gym. B) Jim Crow. C) The annoying crow that lives in your gym. D) His friend Mr. Krull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Crow. 9. What is "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" ? A) Sonnet 15. B) Sonnet 29. C) Sonnet 75. D) Sonnet 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet 29. 10. Look at this excerpt from a Shakespearean sonnet: "That time of year thou may'st in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang" How is Shakespeare using figurative language in these lines? A) The speaker compares himself to a tree in autumn, because he is thinking about the end of a relationship. B) The speaker compares himself to Christmastime, because he is full of joy. C) The speaker compares himself to a flower blooming in spring, because he is starting something new. D) The speaker compares himself to a leaf, because he feels hopeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker compares himself to a tree in autumn, because he is thinking about the end of a relationship. 11. What type of sonnet has a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG and is made up of 3 quatrains and a couplet? A) English/Shakespearean. B) Italian/Petrarchan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English/Shakespearean. 12. Sestet:6 line room A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Is this a sonnet or a villanelle? ..... Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?They took my lover's tallness off to war, Left me lamenting. Now I cannot guessWhat I can use an empty heart-cup for.He won't be coming back here any more.Some day the war will end, but, oh, I knewWhen he went walking grandly out that doorThat my sweet love would have to be untrue.Would have to be untrue. Would have to courtCoquettish death, whose impudent and strangePossessive arms and beauty (of a sort)Can make a hard man hesitate-and change.And he will be the one to stammer, "Yes." Oh mother, mother, where is happiness? A) Sonnet. B) Villanelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 14. What does the word sonnet mean in Italian? A) Little song. B) Little poem. C) Love song. D) 14 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little song. 15. TYPICALLY the rhyme scheme should be abab cdcd efef gg A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. An English (or Shakespearean) sonnet usually ends with ..... A) An octave. B) A chorus. C) A rhyming couplet. D) An epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rhyming couplet. 17. A state of rest, sleep, or tranquility. A) Sojourn. B) Repose. C) Sated. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repose. 18. Shakespearean sonnets are typically associated with ..... A) Hope. B) Morality. C) Uncovering Truths. D) Romantic Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romantic Love. 19. A four line stanza is called A) A quatrain. B) And sisters. C) The sest. D) A smalpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A quatrain. 20. ..... is a quality, trait, or characteristic of the tragic hero that leads to his or her downfall. A) Tragic flaw. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Self-fulfilling prophecy. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic flaw. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books