Sonnet Quiz

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 18

• 14

• 13

• 10

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many syllables are in a line of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 12

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which one is the correct rhyme scheme for sonnets?

• abcd abcd efgh efgh ii

• aabb ccdd eeff gghh ii

• abab cdcd efef gg

• aabb ccdd eeff gg

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a group of four lines in a sonnet called?

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Quartet

• Tetrain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 4

• 2

• 5

• 3

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many syllables are in this line: By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;

• 11

• 10

• 9

• 13

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Although a sonnet contains only one stanza, its structure has _____ 'parts'. 

• 2
• 4
• 3
• 5

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ lines 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9