This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespeare'S Sonnets – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 34 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sonnets are usually written in iambic pentameter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. William Shakespeare is the only person who ever wrote sonnets. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Which of the following meanings of prime is used in this sentence?The garden was lovely two weeks ago, but now it is past its prime. A) First in rank, value or quality; excellent. B) The earliest part of something; the beginning. C) The best, most vigorous, or most fully mature stage of something. D) Of a number that can be divided evenly by no number except itself andthe number one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The best, most vigorous, or most fully mature stage of something. 4. In a drama, the opposite of what is expected. A) Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Foreshadow. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 5. Why would a poet choose free verse form rather than a sonnet form? A) The freedom of the form allows the poet to include lots of imagery, speak his/her thoughts freely, and support the theme more easily. B) Free Verse rhymes. C) Free verse must be 14 lines and include iambic pentameter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The freedom of the form allows the poet to include lots of imagery, speak his/her thoughts freely, and support the theme more easily. 6. What is assonant rhyme A) Verses that end in the same vowel I want to see it. B) Verses that end in the same vowel and syllabledearhusbandlost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verses that end in the same vowel I want to see it. 7. Which characteristic of Shakespearean sonnets is found in Sonnets 29, 106, 116, and 130? A) Fourteen lines plus a rhymed couplet. B) An idealized view of love and life. C) A conclusion in the final two lines. D) An irregular rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A conclusion in the final two lines. 8. An example of synesthesia is found in ..... A) 3. B) 6. C) 9. D) 11. E) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 14. 9. The other name for English sonnets is A) Classic sonnets. B) Petrarchan sonnets. C) Italian sonnets. D) Shakespearean sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shakespearean sonnets. 10. ..... is the rhythm and metre in which poets and playwrights wrote in Elizabethan England A) Iambic pentameter. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Bionic pentameter. D) Symbiotic pentamenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 11. In the case of a sonnet, how many syllables does a feet have? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) It's not about how many syllables a feet has, but how many letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 12. How does Shakespeare describe love in Sonnet 116? A) Love is eternal. B) Love is humorous. C) Love is brief. D) Love is harsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love is eternal. 13. Words with similar ending sounds such as hit/bit, yellow/fellow, bark/park, and so on; when words at the end of a line of poetry or verse sound the same, the lines are said to rhyme A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 14. What is the purpose of the volta in a Shakespearean sonnet? A) Introduction of a new theme. B) A twist in the narrative. C) A resolution or conclusion. D) A shift in tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introduction of a new theme. 15. According to the speaker in Sonnet 12 ( "When I do count the clock that tells the time" ), what is the one way in which human beings can defend themselves against the destructive nature of time? A) Using beauty products. B) Behaving ethically. C) Planting gardens. D) Having children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having children. 16. How many syllables in an iamb? A) 2. B) 5. C) 10. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 17. What is the purpose of the final couplet in a Shakespearean sonnet? A) To provide a twist. B) To provide commentary on the previously developed subject of the sonnet. C) To make it rhyme with the rest of the sonnet. D) To follow the structure created by Petrarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide commentary on the previously developed subject of the sonnet. 18. Assay A) Error. B) Reject. C) Attempt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attempt. 19. This poem has sometimes been compared to ..... A) Surrendering to a foe in battle. B) Manipulation of an inferior intellect. C) A prisoner trapped in a cage. D) A rationalization. E) A confession to a clergyman. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A confession to a clergyman. 20. Which of the following is an example of sensory language? A) If this be error and upon me proved,. B) To seek the very one that I should flee;. C) That took me from myself for such a space. D) Coral is far more red than her lips' red;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coral is far more red than her lips' red;. ← 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