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Shakespeare and the sonnets

Authored by Eliana Santamaria

English

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 22+ times

Shakespeare and the sonnets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An Italian sonnet has..

3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
1 Octave, 2 Couplets 
1 Octave, 1 Sestet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A sonnet contains _____ lines. 

12
4
14
16

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Petrarchan sonnets and Shakespearean sonnets are the same

true

false

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.

1
2
3
4

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?

iambic pentameter 
iambic monometer 
trochaic tetrameter
No rhythmic meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter? 

U / | U / | U / | U / | U / |
/ U | / U | / U | / U | / U |
U U / U | U / U | U U / |

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. They end a Shakespearean sonnet.

Sestet

Iamb

Quatrain

Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

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