Sonnet Review Quiz

Which one is the correct rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet?

• aabb ccdd eeff gg

• abcd abcd efgh efgh ii

• abab cdcd efef gg

• aabb ccdd eeff gghh ii

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

• Quartet

• Quatrain

• Quad

• Quarter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

How many syllables are in this line:

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;

• 10

• 11

• 9

• 12

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Couplet

• Couple

• Coupler

• Coupleriate

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a repeating line of poetry called?

• Repeated

• Repetition

• Refrain

• Rechorus

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 19

• 23

• 14

• 12

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a sonnet?

• a 14 line rhyming poem

• a 14 line extended haiku

• a 14 line mixed verse poem

• a 14 line villanelle poem

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the rhyme scheme for the first stanza of a sonnet?

• aabb

• abba

• baba

• abab

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

William Shakespeare was

• Considered the greatest writer in the English language.

• Born in an English town called Stratford-on-Avon

• The author Romeo and Juliet

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10