Sonnet Quiz

Sonnet Quiz

12th Grade

10 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9, RL.11-12.13

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

10

9

11

12

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Quartet 

Cinquain 

Tetrain 

Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

9

11

10

13

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

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

Couplet

Quatrain

Iamb

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a repeating line of poetry called? 

Rerepeat

Echo

Refrain

Repeat

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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