WorksheetsShakespearean Sonnets Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A sonnet contains _____ lines.
a)
12
b)
4
c)
14
d)
16
2.
A quatrain contains
a)
2 lines of poetry
b)
3 lines of poetry
c)
4 lines of poetry
d)
5 lines of poetry
3.
How many quatrains are contained in an English/Shakespearean Sonnet?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
The last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ rhyming lines
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
The last two lines of a sonnet are called a couplet.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon ______________.
a)
internal rhyme
b)
meter
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
end rhyme
7.
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
a)
aa bb cc dd ee ff gg
b)
abcd efgh ijkl mm
c)
abab cdcd efef gg
d)
aabb ccdd eeff gg
8.
The rhyme scheme in this stanza is __________________
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
a)
AABB
b)
ABABA
c)
ABAB
d)
ABBA
9.
Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
What does the word penta in pentameter mean?
a)
10 iambs
b)
5 iambs
c)
4 iambs
d)
2 iambs
11.
How many TOTAL unstressed and stressed syllables are in one line of a Shakespearean sonnet?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
12.
The Shakespearean sonnet can also be called the
a)
English Sonnet
b)
Petrarchan Sonnet
13.
When Shakespeare says:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
This is an example of:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
This is an example of:
a)
a simile
b)
a metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
idiom
14.
When Shakespeare says:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red.
Shakespeare means...
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red.
Shakespeare means...
a)
Her lips are not red
b)
Her lips are like coral
c)
Her lips are coral
d)
She has no lips, only coral
15.
What does Shakespeare mean by:
"I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound"
"I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound"
a)
Her voice is lovely
b)
Her voice is like music
c)
Her voice is not appealing at all
d)
Her voice is like Beyonce
16.
What poetic device is used in the following line of Sonnet 18: "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade" (Hint: Death is bragging!)
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
17.
What is Shakespeare referring to when he says "but thy eternal summer shall not fade"?
a)
His love's love
b)
His love's beauty
c)
His love's hate
d)
His love's friendship
18.
What does "Rough winds shake the darling buds of May" mean?
a)
strong winds destroy spring flowers
b)
Strong winds cannot touch the flowers
c)
Strong winds don't stand a chance against his love
19.
In Sonnet 18, the "eye of heaven" refers to the
a)
Friend's eye
b)
Sky
c)
Sun
d)
Moon
20.
What proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade"?
a)
The friend will live in heaven.
b)
The speaker's love will prevent the friend from dying.
c)
The sonnet will immortalize the friend.
d)
Death will not brag after the speaker's friend dies.
21.
The third quatrain of the sonnet is there to
a)
introduce the main theme or metaphor
b)
extend the metaphor or theme
c)
provide a shift, twist, or conflict
d)
summarize the sonnet and leave the reader with a lasting image
22.
The couplet in a Shakespearean Sonnet is there to
a)
explain the main theme and summarize the sonnet
b)
extended the poem's metaphor
c)
provide a twist or conflict
d)
leave the reader with a lasting image
23.
In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare says his beloved will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?
a)
People will read about him in his poems
b)
She will die and go to heaven
c)
She will fall out of line
d)
People will know her because of her beauty
24.
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
a)
37
b)
154
c)
14
d)
189
25.
What are English sonnets often called, and why?
a)
Shakespearean, because he created that sonnet.
b)
Shakespearean, because he is the only published poet we have of sonnets.
c)
Shakespearean, because he is the most well-known sonnet writer.
d)
Petrarchan, because he created the sonnet.
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