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Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz

English

12th Grade

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Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The rhyme scheme in this stanza is __________________ 
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 

AABB
ABABA
ABAB
ABBA 

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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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Sonnet 18, the "eye of heaven" refers to the

Friend's eye
Sky
Sun
Moon

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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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The last two lines of a sonnet are called a couplet.

true
false

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

37
154
14
189

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

aa bb cc dd ee ff gg
abcd efgh ijkl mm
abab cdcd efef gg
aabb ccdd eeff gg

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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.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ rhyming lines

1
2
3
4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon ______________. 

internal rhyme
meter
iambic pentameter
end rhyme

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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.8.10

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