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Edmund Spenser and the Spenserian Sonnet

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A Sonnet is
a)
a fourteen line lyric poem with a single theme
b)
a free verse poem
c)
a poem divided in eight line ocatve
d)
I thought the place to get burgers was called Sonic
2.
Who is the father of the English sonnet?
a)
Sir Thomas Wyatt
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
Sir Philip Sidney
d)
Sir Edmund Spenser
3.

A type of sonnet that consists of three quatrains and a couplet, with an interlocking rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.

a)

Shakespearean Sonnet

b)

Italian Sonnet

c)

English Sonnet

d)

Spenserian Sonnet

4.

A type of meter consisting of five sets of syllables in the pattern of unaccented, accented.

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

iambic tetrameter

c)

trochee pentameter

d)

trochee tetrameter

5.

A metrical foot consisting of two syllables in an unaccented, accented pattern.

a)

trochee

b)

dactyl

c)

anapest

d)

iamb

6.

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a poem its rhythm and rhyme.

a)

Cadence

b)

Meter

c)

Iamb

d)

All of the above

7.

What is a quatrain?

a)

A poem made up of 4 stanzas

b)

A group of 4 authors working together

c)

A stanza made up of 4 lines

d)

A train made up of 4 cars

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
12.

The Renaissance was the rebirth of

a)

arts, literature, and science

b)

Monarchy

c)

theatre

d)

Religion