WorksheetsShakespeare Test Review Packet
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the meaning of the word “nuptial” as it is used in line 1?
Wedding
Funeral
Feasting
Grave
In lines 15-16, what is Theseus saying?
“Turn melancholy forth to funerals;
The pale companion is not for our pomp.”
“Pensive thinking happens at funerals; my friend is not pompous”
“Sadness belongs at funerals; it is not a friend to our party”
“Turn away from sadness; the pale person over there is not my friend”
When will Theseus and Hippolyta get married?
In 1 day
In 2 days
In 3 days
In 4 days
What is the best definition of “solemnity”?
(n) The state of quality of being serious
(n) a formal ceremony or party
(adj) Dignified
(v) Feasting
What is the purpose of the figurative language in line 9?
A metaphor to emphasize Theseus’s archery skills
A hyperbole to exaggerate how long they will wait
A simile to create imagery of night-time
An onomatopoeia to create sensory details
In line 3-4, how can Theseus best be characterized?
“but, O, methinks, how slow/ This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires”
Scared and anxious
Anticipatory and happy
Angry and Confused
Sad and worried
Which synonym best matches the word “withering” as it is used in line 6?
Humiliated
Dying
Shrivelling
Scorching
We no longer use the word “key” with the same definition as used below. BASED ON CONTEXT CLUES, what is the most appropriate synonym for the word key.
Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my fighting prowess,
And won thy love, doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp, with triumph and with revelling.
mood
song
joy
battle
In lines 17-20, what is the most DIRECT inference a reader could make about Theseus?
Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my fighting prowess,
And won thy love, doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp, with triumph and with revelling.
He has always loved Hippolyta, but now thinks it is too difficult to be together
He is ashamed of his past actions and is trying to apologize
At first, he fought Hippolyta, but now he is happy to get married
In the past, he was a great warrior, but now he is old and wants to retire
Who is the speaker addressing in the sonnet?
His king
His beloved
His enemy
His comrade
In line 4, the speaker suggests summer has taken out a lease on the weather using which figurative language element?
Metaphor
Allusion
Personification
Irony
What is the purpose of how Shakespeare structures the sonnet?
Shakespeare contrasts his beloved to a summer’s day to emphasize fleeting youth and undying love.
Shakespeare uses an extended metaphor to express that a summer day is the love of his life.
Shakespeare contrasts his love for another with a summer day to inform the reader that his devotion will only last until the end of summer.
Why does Shakespeare use the word “temperate” in line 2?
He uses definition 1 to explain the temperature during summer
He uses definition 2 to explain that his beloved has a lot of self-restraint
He uses both definitions in a clever way to express the characteristics of a summers day and his beloved.
The couplet at end of this sonnet implies-
That as long as people read the poem, her beauty will be remembered forever
Whenever people feel a summer’s day, they will feel happy
As long as Shakespeare is alive, he will remember her beautiful death
Whenever she feels a summer day, she will remember Shakespeare
The sonnet shifts during the second quatrain (lines 5-8) to explain ___?
how the “beloved” is conceited and vain
How love only lasts a season
That nature can be too severe and beauty can fade
how people should live in the moment.
In line 11, who is “his”?
Shakespeare
Death
Summer
The sun
What does the “eye of heaven” refer to?
Death
The “Beloved”
The sun
A deity
The overall tone of the poem is
Serious
Melancholic
Arrogant
Endearing
