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Quiz on Sonnets

Authored by Yvonne T

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Quiz on Sonnets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the most famous form of poetry mentioned in the text?

Villanelle

Sonnet

Ode

Limerick

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many lines are usually in a sonnet?

10

12

14

16

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet's octave?

ABAB

ABBA

AABB

ABCD

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet's quatrains?

ABAB

AABB

ABBA

ABCD

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a group of six lines in a sonnet?

Octave

Couplet

Sestet

Quatrain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meter commonly used in sonnets?

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic trimeter

Dactylic hexameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of the sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet?

CDE, CDE

CDD, CDD

CDE, DCE

CDD, EFF

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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