Sonnet Quiz

According to the speaker in Sonnet 12 ("When I do count the clock that tells the time"), what is the one way in which human beings can defend themselves against the destructive nature of time?

• using beauty products

• behaving ethically

• planting gardens

• having children

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In Sonnet 60 ("Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore"), what does the speaker hope will stand the test of time?

• his ship

• his verse

• his youth

• his song

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In Sonnet 73 ("That time of year thou mayst in me behold"), which time of year and time of day does the speaker describe? (choose two)

• dawn

• summer

• spring

• evening

• autumn

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In Sonnet 32 ("How fast thou fliest, O Time, on love's swift wings"), what creature does the speaker ask time to imitate?

• a bat

• a bee

• a sparrow

• a butterfly

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What happens when the speaker in Sonnet 75 ("One day I wrote her name upon the strand") writes the name of his beloved in the sand?

• His beloved questions his love for her.

• The sun emerges from behind a cloud.

• His beloved runs away from him.

• The waves wash away her name.

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If moving a load of bricks is referred to as "toil", what kind of work must it be?

• rewarding work

• repetitive work

• difficult work

• simple work

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If two friends plan to assay a mountain, what will most likely happen?

• They will try to climb it.

• They will try to avoid it.

• They will try to destroy it.

• They will try to build on it.

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Why would a person most likely devise something?

• to recall a fact

• to lose a contest

• to ask a question

• to solve a problem

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In Sonnet 12 ("When I do count the clock that tells the time"), what do the images of passing time make the speaker wonder about the person he addresses?

• Will that person’s beauty fade?

• Will that person’s fame endure?

• Will that person remember him?

• Will that person always love him?

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Part B: Which line from Sonnet 12 best supports the answer to Part A?

• When I behold the violet past prime

• And sable curls all silvered o’er with white

• Then of thy beauty do I question make

• And nothing ’gainst Time’s scythe can make defense

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