Sonnet Quiz

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

• 10

• 9

• 11

• 12

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

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

• Quartet 

• Cinquain 

• Tetrain 

• Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• 9

• 11

• 10

• 13

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 

• Italian Sonnet 

• Spenserian Sonnet 

• Shakespearean Sonnet

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

• Sestet

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Iamb

What is a repeating line of poetry called? 

• Rerepeat

• Echo

• Refrain

• Repeat

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet? 

• iambic monometer 

• iambic pentameter 

• trochaic tetrameter

• None

How many lines are in a sonnet? 

• 14

• 10

• 12

• 16

Iambic pentameter is... 

• a line of writing that consists of ten syllables in a specific pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable 

• comprised of three, eight-line stanzas followed by a four-line stanza 

• five-line poem that starts with a coupled rhyme scheme

• five, three-line stanzas and concludes with a quatrain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4