HONORS Shakespearean Sonnets Review Pop Quiz

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 18

• 14

• 13

• 10

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many syllables are in a line of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 12

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What organ does a metronome mimic in the human body?

• the lungs

• the kidneys

• the brain

• the heart

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called

• iambic pentameter

• trochaic quadmeter

• spondaic pentameter

• dactylic trimeter

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word or small phrase is NOT an example of an iambic rhythm?

• trapeze

• fall down

• go boom

• do now

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which one is the correct rhyme scheme for sonnets?

• abcd abcd efgh efgh ii

• aabb ccdd eeff gghh ii

• abab cdcd efef gg

• aabb ccdd eeff gg

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write ?

• 154

• 155

• 156

• 157

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An "iamb" is a part of the poem's meter that has ___ syllables.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• Sestet

• Iamb

• Quatrain

• Couplet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9