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WorksheetsSTUDY GUIDE for Renaissance Poetry Quiz
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
a)
12
b)
14
c)
10
d)
16
2.
The Rhyme Scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet is
a)
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
b)
ABABBCBCCDCDEE
c)
ABBABCCBCDDCDD
d)
ABBACDDCEFFEGG
3.
Where did the sonnet originate?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Portugal
d)
Italy
4.
What does the word sonnet mean in Italian?
a)
little song
b)
little poem
c)
love song
d)
14 lines
5.
What Italian poet popularized the sonnet form?
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Milton
c)
Petrarch
d)
Donne
6.
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
a)
157
b)
154
c)
14
d)
721
7.
What does "thee" mean?
a)
They
b)
Me
c)
You
d)
Him
8.
What does the following mean?
"The apparel oft proclaims the man"
"The apparel oft proclaims the man"
a)
The cloths that people wear often engulfs them.
b)
The clothes a person wears is often worn by a man
c)
A person is often judged by the clothes they wear.
9.
What does the following mean?
"All that glitters is not gold"
"All that glitters is not gold"
a)
Sometimes valuables are in silver
b)
Sometimes gold doesn't glitter
c)
Not everything that looks valuable is worth anything
10.
Alliteration is ___________________.
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds.
c)
The repetition of letters in a word.
d)
The repetition of the same word.
11.
Is the following sentence an example of alliteration or assonance?
Lila licked lemon flavored lizards in Lithuania.
Lila licked lemon flavored lizards in Lithuania.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
12.
Assonance is _____________________.
a)
The repetition of letters.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds.
c)
The repetition of vowel sounds.
d)
The repetition of the same word.
13.
Which word is the adjective in the following sentence:
Miranda ate the moldy food.
Miranda ate the moldy food.
a)
Miranda
b)
ate
c)
moldy
d)
food
14.
What is irony?
a)
The difference between what is expected and what happens.
b)
The difference between a protagonist and antagonist.
c)
The difference between the beginning and end of a story.
d)
The difference between a character and their parent.
15.
What town or city was Shakespeare born in?
a)
London
b)
Southwark
c)
Thames
d)
Stratford upon Avon
16.
Shakespeare invented over ____ words in the English language.
a)
10,000
b)
20,000
c)
2,000
d)
30,000
17.
Shakespeare's theme(s) for his sonnets is/are ___.
a)
Love
b)
Death
c)
Sadness
d)
Sympathy
18.
With which of the following is the shepherd in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” most concerned?
a)
Security
b)
Pleasure
c)
The constancy of love
d)
Achieving immortality
19.
Who created the Printing Press?
a)
Jane Grey
b)
Albrecht Durer
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Johannes Guttenburg
20.
Anyone who is well rounded?
a)
Reformation Man
b)
Baroque Man
c)
Si Man
d)
Renaissance Man
21.
When did Shakespeare live?
a)
1564-1616
b)
1878-1922
c)
1218-1296
d)
1464-1519
22.
The period called the Renaissance refers to the
a)
rebirth of classical culture.
b)
restoration of basic human values.
c)
remainder of learning not yet lost.
d)
remembrance of better time.
23.
What book was printed on Gutenberg's printing press first?
a)
The Canterbury Tales
b)
The 95 Theses
c)
The Bible
d)
The Münich Herald newspaper
24.
On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
25.
regular writing
a)
prose
b)
meter
c)
refrain
26.
is the beat in a poem, created by the words a poet uses
a)
refrain
b)
tone
c)
rhythm
27.
is a pattern of rhyme at the end of lines
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
imagery
c)
alliteration
28.
used to convey feeling and emotions
a)
tone
b)
simile
c)
allusion
29.
comparison using like or as
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
30.
reference to something or someone famous
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
allusion
31.
indirect comparison not using like or as
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
32.
Life is a roller coaster. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
33.
The hospital was a refrigerator. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
34.
America is a melting pot. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
35.
Her lovely voice was music to his ears. This is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
analogy
36.
This house is as clean as a whistle. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
37.
That guy is as nutty as a fruitcake. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
38.
Your explanation is as clear as mud. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
39.
giving human characteristics to non-human
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
40.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. Is and example of ...
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
41.
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. Is an example of ...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
42.
The run down house appeared depressed. Is an example of ...
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
43.
exaggeration, overstatement
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
imagery
44.
provides sensory like sight, sound, taste, touch, smell
a)
imagery
b)
hyperbole
c)
tone
45.
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets. Is an example of ...
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
46.
If I can't get a Smartphone, I will die. Is an example of ..
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
47.
I am so hungry I could eat a horse. Is an example of ...
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
48.
"Bam" , "Bam" is an example of ...
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
49.
What is a couplet?
a)
A stanza made of cups
b)
A stanza with 4 lines
c)
A stanza with 2 lines
d)
A stanza with 3 lines
50.
What is a quatrain?
a)
A stanza with 4 lines
b)
A stanza made of trains
c)
A couplet
d)
A stanza with 5 lines
51.
What is figurative language?
a)
Literal description of something
b)
Comparing 2 unlike things
c)
Comparing 2 things using like or as
d)
Language that is not meant to be taken literally
52.
The walls in Mrs. Flowers' classroom have seen it all is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
53.
"Diana can sing, but she is no Adele." is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Personification
54.
The overall emotion of a poem or story
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Refrain
d)
fFee verse
55.
Poetry with no rhyme spoken like every day language
a)
Imagery
b)
Haiku
c)
Limerick
d)
Free Verse
56.
A poem that pays tribute
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Quatrain
57.
Carpe Diem
a)
Seize the Day
b)
Good day to you
c)
French Jibberish?
d)
Stop being a noob
58.
Who wrote the line, "Come live with me, and be my love"?
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
Robert Herrick
d)
Christopher Marlowe
59.
When Marlowe wasn't writing poetry, he was most likely working as a .....
a)
SPY
b)
FARMER
c)
SHEPHERD
d)
DOCTOR
60.
WHAT did Marlowe say he and his love would prove?
a)
theories
b)
pleasures
c)
experiments
d)
hypothesis
61.
What in the world is a KIRTLE?
a)
Bonnet
b)
Girdle
c)
Blouse
d)
Dress
62.
What are SWAINS?
a)
young girls
b)
young swans
c)
young boys
d)
young lambs
63.
Who wrote "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"?
a)
Raleigh
b)
Marlowe
c)
Herrick
d)
Marvell
64.
WANTON means.....
a)
wishing
b)
hungry
c)
to want
d)
luxuriant
65.
The Nymph's Reply is.....
a)
Practical
b)
Realistic
c)
Written by a guy...awkward
d)
All of the above
66.
Who wrote this line?
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"?
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"?
a)
Marlowe
b)
Marvell
c)
Herrick
d)
Raleigh
67.
What does the writer say that the young girls should spend their time doing in "....To make much of time"?
a)
Studying
b)
Catching a man
c)
Playing a musical instrument
d)
Playing sports
68.
"To his Coy Mistress" was written by:
a)
Marvell
b)
Herrick
c)
Raleigh
d)
Marlowe
69.
The final lines of "To the Virgins, to make much of Time" say....
"For having lost but once your _______,
You may forever ________."
"For having lost but once your _______,
You may forever ________."
a)
prime.......tarry
b)
flowers......sigh
c)
money......hunger
d)
parents......grieve
70.
"COY" means.....
a)
cool
b)
ironic
c)
inaccessible
d)
disconsolate
71.
Who wrote, "To His Coy Mistress"?
a)
Herrick
b)
Marvell
c)
Raleigh
d)
Marlowe
72.
If she didn't quit being coy, what would happen to the lady's honor in the poem, "To His Coy Mistress"?
a)
would be wasted
b)
would be forgotten
c)
would be dust
d)
would be mocked
73.
How is TIME personified in the poem, "To His Coy Mistress"?
a)
As the "Grim Reaper", killing the writer
b)
As a fast chariot, chasing the writer
c)
As a friend, helping the coy mistress
74.
If the author of "To His Coy Mistress" had all the time in the world, what would he not mind doing?
a)
Spending "forever" praising her
b)
Enjoy going on long walks together
c)
Sing to her
d)
All of these
75.
Which of Shakespeare's Sonnets that we studied says this:
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh No! It is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark......"
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh No! It is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark......"
a)
Sonnet 30
b)
Sonnet 116
c)
Sonnet 18
d)
Sonnet 29
76.
Which of Shakespeare's Sonnets says this:
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,
Coral is far more red than her lips' red.....
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks....
And yet, by Heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,
Coral is far more red than her lips' red.....
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks....
And yet, by Heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
a)
Sonnet 130
b)
Sonnet 116
c)
Sonnet 18
d)
Sonnet 29
77.
Which of Shakespeare's Sonnets says this:
"When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state....
(and ends with)...For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings."
"When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state....
(and ends with)...For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings."
a)
Sonnet 130
b)
Sonnet 116
c)
Sonnet 18
d)
Sonnet 29
78.
Which of Shakespeare's Sonnets begins with:
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
And ends with:
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
And ends with:
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
a)
Sonnet 30
b)
Sonnet 116
c)
Sonnet 18
d)
Sonnet 29
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