This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Devise A) To plan or arrange in the mind. B) Ruin. C) A structural or behavioral peculiarity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To plan or arrange in the mind. 2. Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called A) Iambic pentameter. B) Trochaic quadmeter. C) Spondaic pentameter. D) Dactylic trimeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 3. Which of the following were the two poets we read in class? A) Henry Howard and William Seymour. B) Shakespeare and Petrarch. C) Shakespeare and Henry Howard. D) Shakespeare and Thomas Mallory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shakespeare and Petrarch. 4. When did the Italian Renaissance start? A) 350 years before Shakespeare. B) 300 years after Shakespeare. C) 300 years before Shakespeare. D) 200 years before Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300 years before Shakespeare. 5. Describe Iambic Pentameter. A) Iambic Pentameter is like breathing in Yoga. B) Iambic Pentameter is a solid beat. C) Iambic Pentameter is subgroups in a sonnet. D) Iambic Pentameter is like a heartbeat, which is a small beat (unstressed) followed by a larger beat (stressed.). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic Pentameter is like a heartbeat, which is a small beat (unstressed) followed by a larger beat (stressed.). 6. Which statement most accurately describes the word choices in these two lines?My grandfather was ninety-sixWhen Death carelessly mowed him down. A) A metaphor compares the grandfather to a tree. B) Personification treats death as if it were a human being. C) Sensory images help capture the feelings of the grandfather in old age. D) A simile compares the grandfather's death to the destruction of a lawn orgarden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification treats death as if it were a human being. 7. How many lines are there in a Shakespearean sonnet? answer A) $14$ Mathematical Equivalence OFF. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $14$ Mathematical Equivalence OFF. 8. The "unperfect actor" (line 1) is likely one who ..... A) Is not skilled as a thespian. B) Is an "understudy's" label during the Renaissance. C) Is not prepared with the learning of his lines. D) Is overconfident on stage, leading to errors. E) Hangs around the theatre, hoping to be included in any play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is not prepared with the learning of his lines. 9. To smell the flowers, what does the recipient need to do? A) Click on cellophane and press Control. B) Highlight the print and click on Encrypt Reverse. C) Use Drag. D) Press Delete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Click on cellophane and press Control. 10. What is a group of four lines in a sonnet called? A) Quatrain. B) Cinquain. C) Quartet. D) Tetrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 11. How many syllables are in a pair of feet A) 5. B) 10. C) 2. D) 4. E) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 12. What is the rhyme pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet? A) Aaaa bbbb cccc dd. B) Abab cdcd efef gg. C) Aba bcb cdc dede ff. D) Aaa bbb ccc ddd ee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abab cdcd efef gg. 13. The Petrarchan Sonnet can also be called A) The Italian Sonnet. B) The English Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Italian Sonnet. 14. Which of the following is a feature of sonnets? A) They are always about love. B) They usually have 10 syllables per line. C) There is no rhyme scheme. D) They are split into 14 stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They usually have 10 syllables per line. 15. How many children were in Browning's family? A) 12. B) 9. C) 11. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 16. In literature, one "thing" represents another and it's meaning goes beyond the literal. A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 17. The pattern of matching word sounds in a poem A) Rhyme scheme. B) Stanza. C) Meter. D) Iamb. E) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 18. The 1609 edition contains A) 154 sonnets. B) 158 sonnets. C) 152 sonnets. D) 157 sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 154 sonnets. 19. The struggle between opposing forces A) Monologue. B) Conflict. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 20. The sonnet is composed of 3 ..... and a rhyming couplet. A) Quatrains. B) Fifty. C) Tetrains. D) Quartet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrains. ← 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