Sonnet 116 Quiz

What is the correct rhyme scheme for Sonnet 116?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
• ABBAABBA CDECDE
• ABABBCBCCDCDEE 
• ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

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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

When Shakespeare compares love to:
"it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is a star to every wandering bark,"
What type of comparison is Shakespeare using?

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In this sonnet Shakespeare:

• explains what true love is and explains what it is not.
• explains the problem with true love and how to fix it.
• explains the problem with not finding true love and explains how to find it.
• explains how he actually has never written anything and no one has ever really been in love.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

According to this sonnet Shakespeare does not believe true love exists.

• True
• False

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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

According to Shakespeare, love can change within brief hours or even weeks.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a "wand'ring bark"?

• A ship at sea
• A dog
• A tree with deep roots
• A lost lover

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is not personified in the poem?

• Death
• Time
• Love
• Doom

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Which of the following is not a main message of the sonnet...

• Constancy
• Death
• Devotion
• True love

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following selections best explains the passage below (lines 9-12)?

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

Answer choices for the above question

• Lovers cannot fool time, because everyone dies eventually.

• True love remains steady as time passes.

• As time passes, the beauty of young lovers fades.

• True love is temporary.

With which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree?

• It is important for a man to prove his love for his partner.

• You should only marry someone who is your intellectual equal.

• True love between two minds is eternal and withstands adversity.

• Physical attraction always transforms into love if given enough time.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3