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Shakespearean Sonnet Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?

a)

12

b)

16

c)

10

d)

14

2.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

All of Shakespearean Sonnets rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

How many quatrains are contained in an English Sonnet?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

5.

The first twelve lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are divided into three quatrains with five lines each.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of five syllables.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

How many syllables are in an iamb?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

10

d)

2

8.

The Shakespearean Sonnet is also known as

a)

English

b)

Italian

c)

Irish

d)

Dickensian

9.

What is a 'volta' or 'turn'?

a)

Four lines from a sonnet

b)

Emotional twist and final argument

c)

The tone of the poem

d)

The main message of the poem

10.

Common subjects in Shakespeare's sonnets are ___________ and __________.

a)

love and taxes

b)

love and England

c)

English and history

d)

time and love

11.

A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division:

a)

Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solution

b)

Four quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the second

c)

Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary

d)

Fourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order

12.

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.

a)

AABB

b)

ABABA

c)

ABAB

d)

ABBA

13.

Which of the following is an example of Iambic Pentameter?

a)

If mu| sic be| the food| of love,| play on

b)

Tell me | not in | mournful | numbers

c)

And the sound | of a voice | that is still

d)

This is the | forest pri | meval, the | murmuring | pine and the | hemlocks

14.

What does "iamb" mean?

a)

two syllables, the first being unstressed, the other stressed

b)

two syllables, the first being stressed, the other unstressed

c)

two stressed syllables

d)

three syllables, the first being unstressed, the others stressed

15.

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.

a)

Tragedy

b)

Sonnet

c)

Blank verse

d)

Haiku

16.

What is a "quatrain"?

a)

two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter

b)

a 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

c)

repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more syllables

d)

a stanza consisting of four lines

17.

Rhymes at the end of lines

a)

Slant rhyme

b)

End stop

c)

End rhyme

d)

Internal rhyme

18.

A pair of rhymed lines that end the sonnet where the poet usually concludes the poem, often with a twist.

a)

Couplet

b)

Diction

c)

End rhyme

d)

Ballad

19.

How many syllables does this line have?


"Thou art more lovely"

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

20.

Which of the following is a metaphor?

a)

Her eyes shine like the morning sun

b)

His dog eats a boat load of food

c)

The walls stretch to the ceiling

d)

Our classroom is a zoo

21.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a)

The cat sat quietly by the door.

b)

Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter

c)

The bee bumbled and buzzed by.

d)

The wind screamed and howled in the night.

22.

Shakespeare's sonnet 18 compares a girl to..

a)

spring day

b)

summer's day

c)

nature

d)

his heartbeat

23.

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

24.

Shakespeare says his mistress will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?

a)

People will read about her 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

25.

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.

26.

In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare does all of the following except

a)

compare a persona favorably to a certain moment of the year

b)

assure the person addressed of some sort of immortality

c)

pay someone some very flattering compliments

d)

suggest that poetry is more interesting than most people

27.

The image of an 'ever fixed mark' is that of a ...

a)

Stain

b)

Memory

c)

Lighthouse

d)

Star

28.

What is a "wand'ring bark"?

a)

A ship at sea

b)

A dog

c)

A tree with deep roots

d)

A lost lover

29.

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."

a)

Time always makes love look foolish

b)

Physical beauty diminishes

c)

Love lasts forever - beyond death

d)

Love is difficult

30.

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

a)

Lovers cannot fool time, because everyone dies eventually.

b)

True love remains steady as time passes.

c)

As time passes, the beauty of young lovers fades.

d)

True love is temporary.

31.

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

a)

verb | yap (like a dog)

b)

verb | to search

c)

noun | cortex

d)

noun | a boat or ship

32.

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)

A. He enjoys neither friendship nor confidence in his own abilities.

b)

B. He is somebody who cries a lot.

c)

C. He hates himself for being such a loser.

d)

D. He has a lot of friends whose company he enjoys.

33.

How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?

a)

35

b)

37

c)

38

d)

39

34.

What is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?

a)

London

b)

Scranton

c)

Canterbury

d)

Stratford upon Avon

35.

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

a)

1532

b)

1564

c)

1602

d)

1643

36.

Shakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...

a)

poet

b)

playwright

c)

actor

d)

teacher

37.

How many children did Shakespeare have?

a)

Susanna, Hamnet and Judith (twins)

b)

Hamnet, Susanna and Jordan (twins)

c)

Judith, Shanna and Hamnet (twins)

d)

Susanna, Hamnet and Justine (twins)

38.

Shakespeare wrote...

a)

38 plays and 158 sonnets

b)

158 plays and 38 sonnets

c)

74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnets

d)

No one knows exactly how many things he wrote.

39.

In Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

What was Shakespeare's wife's name?

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Anne Hathaway

c)

Juliet Monroe

d)

Vivian Marlowe

41.

Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...

a)

The Oval

b)

The Globe

c)

The Horseshoe

d)

The Colosseum

42.

Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeares' plays?

a)

Comedy

b)

History

c)

Horror

d)

Tragedy