Sonnet

Which of the following poems is a parody making fun of another poet's work?

• "Sonnet 130"

• "The White Doe"

• "Sonnet 18"

• "Laura"

Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter? 

• U / | U / | U / | U / | U / |

• / U | / U | / U | / U | / U |

• U U / U | U / U | U U / |

In Sonnet 130, how does the speaker's mistress compare to such symbols as the sun, coral, and a rose?

• She is more beautiful

• She is as beautiful

• She does not rival their beauty

• She combines them all into her special beauty

The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

As an "anti-Petrarchan" poem (which means against poets subject matter of the time), Sonnet 130 makes fun of Petrarchan

• similies

• women

• sonnet cycles

• poetry

How many feet are in a pentameter?

• 10

• 11

• 4

• 5

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

Another name for a type of sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet; a break in thought or a turn comes between the two.

• English Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• None of the above

The first eight lines of a sonnet. It usually asks a question that is answered in the last six lines of the poem.

• Octave

• Sestet

• Couplet

• Quatrain

The last six lines in a sonnet that answer the question posed in the first eight lines.

• quatrain

• couplet

• octave

• sestet