Test on Sonnets and the Renaissance

What was the main themes of the Renaissance?

• The Renaissance period was Old English culture.

• The Renaissance period was the rebirth of the Arts, Science, and Culture.

• The Renaissance period was a time of war.

• The Renaissance period was all about love.

An English sonnet has how many lines?

• An English sonnet has 14 lines.

• An English sonnet has 10 lines.

• An English sonnet has 16 lines.

• An English sonnet has 8 lines.

A stanza of poetry known as four lines is called a ____?

• Seslet

• Couplet

• Cinquain

• Quatrain

What poetic meter features five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry,, totaling ten syllables in a line?

• Iambic Pentameter

• Trochaic Tetrameter

• Quatrains

• Spondaic Pentameter

What is the figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things by using "like" or "as?"

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

What figure of speech uses human attributes to nonhuman subjects?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

A Shakespearean sonnet uses the Rhyme Scheme of...

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GH

• ABCD ABCD ABCD EF

The syllable pairings for Iambic Pentameter are:

• Unstressed, Stressed

• Stressed, Unstressed

• Unstressed, Unstressed

• Stressed, Stressed

Who is the person who translated the Bible from Latin to Middle English so even the common could understand?

• Queen Elizabeth

• John Wycliffe

• King Charles

• King Henry the VIII

What is the Rhyme Scheme of a Couplet?

• AB

• CC

• BC

• GG