Sonnets and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

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True or False: A Petrarchan sonnet is made up of 14 lines. The first 8 lines are part of the octave (octet) and the last 6 lines are part of the sestet, (sextet).

• True

• False

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How many quatrains are there in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is the rhyme scheme here?

• abab

• aabb

• abcd

• abcb

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An Italian sonnet has..

• 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
• 1 Octet, 2 Couplets 

• 1 Octet , 1 Sextet

• 4 Quatrains, 1 Couplet

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Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

• Ronsard
• Petrarch
• Dante Alighieri
• Shakespeare 

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Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter? 

• U / | U / | U / | U / | U / |
• / U | / U | / U | / U | / U |
• U U / U | U / U | U U / |

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Which of the following is the Shakespearean Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

• a b b a a b b ac d e c d e  
• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
• a b b a a b b a c d c d c d

• a a b b c c d d a a b b c c d d

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Which of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?

• 14 lines
• specific sound devices
• specific rhyme scheme
• specific meter

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What is the meter of a sonnet?

• iambic pentameter 
• iambic monometer 
• trochaic tetrameter
• No rhythmic meter

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