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G7 Poetry and Sonnets

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two types of sonnets we covered?

a)

Villanelle and Italian

b)

Italian and Shakespearean

c)

English and French

d)

Haiku and Sonku

2.
A sonnet contains _____ lines. 
a)
12
b)
4
c)
14
d)
16
3.
An Italian sonnet has..
a)
3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
b)
1 Octave, 2 Couplets 
c)
1 Octave, 1 Sestet
4.

An Italian sonnet and a Shakespearean sonnet have the same number of lines

a)

false

b)

true

5.

The rhyme scheme is the

a)

units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines

b)

nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines

c)

measures of stressed and unstressed syllables at the end of the lines

d)

pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines

6.
The most common type of rhyme scheme is...
a)
end rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
7.
The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon ______________. 
a)
internal rhyme
b)
meter
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
end rhyme
8.
What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet?
a)
ABBAABBA CDCDCD
b)
ABBAABBA CDECDE
c)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
d)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
9.

What is the rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet?

a)

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

b)

ABAB CDE CDE DDGG

c)

ABBAABBA CDCDCD

d)

ABBA ABAB CDCDEE

10.
Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?
a)
Ronsard
b)
Petrarch
c)
Dante Alighieri
d)
Shakespeare 
11.
The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.

A type of sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet; a break in thought or a turn comes between the two.

a)

Italian Sonnet

b)

English Sonnet

c)

Spenserian Sonnet

d)

None of the above

13.

The first eight lines of a sonnet. It usually asks a question that is answered in the last six lines of the poem.

a)

Octave

b)

Sestet

c)

Couplet

d)

Quatrain

14.

The last six lines in a sonnet that answer the question posed in the first eight lines.

a)

quatrain

b)

couplet

c)

octave

d)

sestet

15.

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. They end a Shakespearean sonnet.

a)

Sestet

b)

Iamb

c)

Quatrain

d)

Couplet