Shakespeare's Style

1. True or False? A scene is a division of an act into smaller parts.

• True
• False

2. A Shakespearean sonnet has how many lines?

• 10
• 14
• 12
• 16

3. True or False? A monologue is thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone.

• True
• False

4. The last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called:

• iambic pentameter
• unstressed pair
• rhyming couplet
• stressed doublet

5. True or False? An aside are lines spoke by a character directly to the audience.

• True
• False

6. A line in a Shakespearean sonnet has approximately:

• 8 syllables
• 10 syllables
• 12 syllables
• 14 syllables

7. True or False? Shakespearean sonnets always follow the same rhyme scheme.

• True
• False

8. True or False: A soliloquy are thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she thinks he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone.

• True
• False

9. Act

• a division within a play, like chapters in a novel
• a humorous work of drama
• a long speech spoken by a character to himself/audience
• italicized comments
• a protagonist with a fatal flaw

10. Dialogue

• conversation between two or more characters
• a humorous work of drama
• a long speech spoken by a character to himself/audience
• a division within a play, like chapters in a novel
• italicized comments