This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for the poet's choice of words? A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Grammar. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 2. A stanza of eight lines in a poem A) Sestet. B) Octave. C) Quatrain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Octave. 3. In "Sonnet VII", Milton is reflecting on his life now that he has reached the age of ..... A) 21. B) 22. C) 23. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23. 4. How many syllables does iambic tetrameter have? A) 4. B) 6. C) 8. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 5. What is the purpose of the volta 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: A) To introduce a change in tone or perspective. 6. Traditional Sonnets include ..... A) No rhyme scheme, 6 lines. B) An unlimited number of lines, some rhyme. C) Iambic pentameter. D) A rhyme scheme, Iambic Pentameter, 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhyme scheme, Iambic Pentameter, 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet. 7. A Spenserian Sonnet and a Shakespearean Sonnet only differ in A) Form. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Number of Lines. D) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme. 8. Shakespeare wrote in mostly ..... pentameter A) Meter. B) Foot. C) Stressed. D) Iambic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic. 9. Shakespeare titled his sonnets using A) Nature imagery. B) Numbers. C) Italian phrases. D) Metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Numbers. 10. Is a variation on the Italian sonnet tradition? They have 14 lines divided into 4 subgroups:3 quatrains and a couplet. Each line is typically ten syllables, phrased in iambic pentameter. A) Miltonic. B) Shakespearean. C) Petrarchan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shakespearean. 11. Which of the following lines is a simile from Sonnet 130? A) My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun. B) Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. C) My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. D) And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun. 12. What is the theme of Sonnet 29? A) The speaker must learn to live with his disappointments. B) The memory of the speaker's beloved makes up for all of life's troubles. C) Life's greatest disappointment is to live alone. D) Even a hopeless love is better than any other experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The memory of the speaker's beloved makes up for all of life's troubles. 13. True or False:The English Renaissance started in the 19th century. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. In Sonnet 12, what connection does the speaker make between the change of seasons and the loved one's beauty? A) As the seasons change, time passes, and we all age. With age, comes the loss of beauty. B) As we age, just as with the seasons, we get more beautiful. C) With age comes the loss of innocence and motivation. D) As the seasons changes, so too do our emotions:spring makes us happy, and winter makes us sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the seasons change, time passes, and we all age. With age, comes the loss of beauty. 15. When Shakespeare says:Coral is far more red, than her lips red. This is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor. 16. Which statement most accurately describes the word choices in this line?The surf brushed the shore like a zealous housemaid's broom. A) Personification attributes human qualities to a broom. B) A simile compares the motion of waves to sweeping a house. C) A metaphor compares housecleaning to the passage of time. D) A simile compares a surfer at the beach to a servant cleaning a home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A simile compares the motion of waves to sweeping a house. 17. The rhythm of iambic pentameter is similar to a A) Drum beat. B) 808 beat. C) Heart beat. D) Skip a beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart beat. 18. Repetition of sounds at the beginning of a series of words A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Enumeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. Sonnets have a set structure. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. In poetry, five feet are called ..... A) Stumbling blocks. B) Extra words. C) Syllables. D) Pentameter. 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