Sonnet 30 &75 Quiz

To which sense does the imagery most clearly appeal in “Sonnet 30”?

• Sight

• Touch

• Smell

• Sound

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In “Sonnet 30,” what does the speaker most likely mean when he compares his own love to fire?

• It is passionate.

• It is destructive.

• It will burn out quickly.

• It is a basic element of nature.

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In “Sonnet 30,” where is there a turn, or shift in thought, that resolves the speaker’s questions?

• Lines 5–6

• Lines 7–8

• Lines 9–10

• Lines 13–14

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Label the paraphrased lines of “Sonnet 30” in the correct order. The first paraphrased line will be labeled 1, and the last will be labeled 4.

• It is amazing how our feelings move beyond the usual laws of nature.

• Love can change the laws of nature.

• My love’s iciness doesn’t reduce my heat, but instead increases it.

• My heat doesn’t melt my love’s coldness, but instead strengthens it.

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What feature is used in Spenser’s sonnet 75 but not in Spenser’s sonnet 30?

• rhyme

• dialogue

• a couplet

• figurative language

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What do the details in “Sonnet 75” suggest about the speaker’s beloved?

• She is loyal.

• She is proud.

• She is romantic.

• She is intelligent.

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A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise. What does the speaker’s beloved say about his efforts to write her name in the sand?

• he asks him to keep trying so that she can see her name written in the sand.

• She says it is pointless because, just as she will die someday, her name will be wiped out and forgotten.

• She scolds him for doing such a ridiculous thing.

• She praises his efforts for immortalizing her name.

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Which statement best paraphrases the resolution of “Sonnet 75”?

• The speaker will show his passion for his beloved by reading his poetry to her.

• The speaker will die and be reunited with his beloved forever as a spirit in heaven.

• The speaker will immortalize his beloved by writing poetry about his love for her.

• The speaker will write the name of his beloved in the sand beyond the reach of the tide.

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Part B Which two quotations from “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75” best support the answer to Part A?

• How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire, (“Sonnet 30,” lines 2–3)

• Such is the pow’r of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind. (“Sonnet 30,” lines 13–14)

• One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: (“Sonnet 75,” lines 1–2)

• For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wiped out likewise. (“Sonnet 75,” lines 7–8)

• Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew. (“Sonnet 75,” lines 13–14)

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A paradox is a statement or situation that seems impossible but nevertheless is true in some way. Which of these situations best illustrates a paradox?

• In “Sonnet 30,” the speaker is like fire but the woman he loves is like ice.

• In “Sonnet 30,” the coldness of his beloved makes the speaker hotter.

• In “Sonnet 75,” the waves wash away what the speaker writes in the sand.

• In “Sonnet 75,” the woman whom the speaker loves calls him a vain man.

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