Sonnet 116

the marriage of true minds refers to:

• a union that is faithful
• this is a literal reference to the personification of two minds getting married

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

In sonnet 116, an alter refers to the place in the church where a priest or minister marries a couple or addresses a church

• true
• false

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In Sonnet 116 Shakespeare compares love to :

• an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken
• a star to every wandering bark
• both of these statements

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The poem suggests that love is not true if it changes or "alters when it finds alteration".

• True
• False

When Shakespeare compares love to:
"it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is a star to every wandering bark,"
What type of comparison is Shakespeare using?

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In this sonnet Shakespeare:

• explains what true love is and explains what it is not.
• explains the problem with true love and how to fix it.
• explains the problem with not finding true love and explains how to find it.
• explains how he actually has never written anything and no one has ever really been in love.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The last two lines of this sonnet:

• explain the solution to the problem in the sonnet
• dare the reader to prove Shakespeare wrong.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

According to this sonnet Shakespeare does not believe true love exists.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

According to Shakespeare, love can change within brief hours or even weeks.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to Shakespeare, love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3