Sonnets

Sonnets

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RI.9-10.4, RL.9-10.9

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22 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many lines are in a sonnet?

10

4

16

14

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following were the two poets we read in class?

Henry Howard and William Seymour

Shakespeare and Petrarch

Shakespeare and Henry Howard

Shakespeare and Thomas Mallory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a lyric poem?

a poem that tells a story

a poem that includes a regular rhyme scheme

a poem that is a response to another poem

a poem that tells a speaker's thoughts

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?

ABCD CDBD EFCD GG

ABAB CCAB EEAB GG

AABB CCDD EEFF GG

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which country did sonnets originate from?

Italy

Germany

England

Norway

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is unusual about the woman Petrarch wrote his sonnets about?

She didn't actually exist.

She hated having poems written about her.

He never actually got to know her.

She was nothing like what the sonnets said about her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhythm of sonnets?

dactylic hexameter

iambic pentameter

blank verse

iambic tetrameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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