'If thou must love me': Conflicted feelings and sonnet 14 narrative | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

How many children were there in the Barrett family?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 8

Barrett-Browning was unhappy that her father was a slave owner

• False

• True

Barrett-Browning wrote sonnets about her love for Robert Browning because

• she hoped that he would read the poems and know how she felt.

• she wanted to show off her love for him.

• she wasn't sure that their relationship was a good idea.

Barrett-Browning called her sonnets 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' because

• she had found Portuguese poems and translated them.

• she wanted to protect their privacy

• the poems were published in Portugal before they were published in England

What lost love does Barrett-Browning now give Robert Browning?

• her love from a previous relationship

• her love from her childhood religion

• her love from her father

• her love from people who turned away compliments