WorksheetsShakespearean Sonnet Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 56mins
How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?
12
16
10
14
An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE.
True
False
All of Shakespearean Sonnets rhyme.
True
False
How many quatrains are contained in an English Sonnet?
1
2
3
4
The first twelve lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are divided into three quatrains with five lines each.
True
False
Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of five syllables.
true
false
How many syllables are in an iamb?
5
3
10
2
The Shakespearean Sonnet is also known as
English
Italian
Irish
Dickensian
What is a 'volta' or 'turn'?
Four lines from a sonnet
Emotional twist and final argument
The tone of the poem
The main message of the poem
Common subjects in Shakespeare's sonnets are ___________ and __________.
love and taxes
love and England
English and history
time and love
A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division:
Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solution
Four quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the second
Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary
Fourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order
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.
AABB
ABABA
ABAB
ABBA
Which of the following is an example of Iambic Pentameter?
If mu| sic be| the food| of love,| play on
Tell me | not in | mournful | numbers
And the sound | of a voice | that is still
This is the | forest pri | meval, the | murmuring | pine and the | hemlocks
What does "iamb" mean?
two syllables, the first being unstressed, the other stressed
two syllables, the first being stressed, the other unstressed
two stressed syllables
three syllables, the first being unstressed, the others stressed
A type of poem that is 14-lines, typically about love or romance, that contains three quatrains (stanzas of 4 lines) and a rhyming couplet. It is usually written in iambic pentameter, and follows the rhyme scheme/pattern ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Tragedy
Sonnet
Blank verse
Haiku
What is a "quatrain"?
two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter
a 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter
repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more syllables
a stanza consisting of four lines
Rhymes at the end of lines
Slant rhyme
End stop
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
A pair of rhymed lines that end the sonnet where the poet usually concludes the poem, often with a twist.
Couplet
Diction
End rhyme
Ballad
How many syllables does this line have?
"Thou art more lovely"
2
3
4
5
Which of the following is a metaphor?
Her eyes shine like the morning sun
His dog eats a boat load of food
The walls stretch to the ceiling
Our classroom is a zoo
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
The cat sat quietly by the door.
Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter
The bee bumbled and buzzed by.
The wind screamed and howled in the night.
Shakespeare's sonnet 18 compares a girl to..
spring day
summer's day
nature
his heartbeat
What does "Rough winds shake the darling buds of May" mean?
strong winds destroy spring flowers
Strong winds cannot touch the flowers
Strong winds don't stand a chance against his love
Shakespeare says his mistress will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?
People will read about her in his poems
She will die and go to heaven
She will fall out of line
People will know her because of her beauty
What proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade"?
The friend will live in heaven.
The speaker's love will prevent the friend from dying.
The sonnet will immortalize the friend.
Death will not brag after the speaker's friend dies.
In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare does all of the following except
compare a persona favorably to a certain moment of the year
assure the person addressed of some sort of immortality
pay someone some very flattering compliments
suggest that poetry is more interesting than most people
The image of an 'ever fixed mark' is that of a ...
Stain
Memory
Lighthouse
Star
What is a "wand'ring bark"?
A ship at sea
A dog
A tree with deep roots
A lost lover
What do the following lines mean:
"Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, / But bears it out even to the edge of doom."
Time always makes love look foolish
Physical beauty diminishes
Love lasts forever - beyond death
Love is difficult
Which of the following selections best explains the passage below (lines 9-12)?
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Answer choices for the above question
Lovers cannot fool time, because everyone dies eventually.
True love remains steady as time passes.
As time passes, the beauty of young lovers fades.
True love is temporary.
What is most closely the meaning of the word bark as it is used in the passage below?
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken
verb | yap (like a dog)
verb | to search
noun | cortex
noun | a boat or ship
What do the following lines mostly reveal about the narrator?
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur’d like him, like him with friends possess’d,
Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
A. He enjoys neither friendship nor confidence in his own abilities.
B. He is somebody who cries a lot.
C. He hates himself for being such a loser.
D. He has a lot of friends whose company he enjoys.
How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?
35
37
38
39
What is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?
London
Scranton
Canterbury
Stratford upon Avon
What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?
1532
1564
1602
1643
Shakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...
poet
playwright
actor
teacher
How many children did Shakespeare have?
Susanna, Hamnet and Judith (twins)
Hamnet, Susanna and Jordan (twins)
Judith, Shanna and Hamnet (twins)
Susanna, Hamnet and Justine (twins)
Shakespeare wrote...
38 plays and 158 sonnets
158 plays and 38 sonnets
74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnets
No one knows exactly how many things he wrote.
In Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.
True
False
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Queen Elizabeth
Anne Hathaway
Juliet Monroe
Vivian Marlowe
Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...
The Oval
The Globe
The Horseshoe
The Colosseum
Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeares' plays?
Comedy
History
Horror
Tragedy
