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Poetry - Sonnets

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many lines are in a quatrain?

a)

4

b)

14

c)

2

d)

5

2.

What is a couplet?

a)

12 lines of a verse that do not rhyme and have different meters

b)

Two lines of a verse that rhyme and have the same meter

c)

Two stanzas

d)

Four stanzas consisting of the same rhyme scheme

3.

What is a sonnet?

a)

A poem of 14 lines which is strictly written in iambic pentameter

b)

A poem of four lines which have the same rhyme scheme

c)

A poem of four stanzas that has a rhyme scheme

d)

A poem of 14 lines which can have different rhyme schemes

4.

This is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet.

a)

Italian Sonnet

b)

Petrarchan Sonnet

c)

Spenserian Sonnet

d)

English Sonnet

5.

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

6.

What is a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable?

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

centimeter duo

c)

amphitheater

d)

decimeter

7.

What type of poems are sonnets usually?

a)

political poems

b)

tragic poems

c)

love poems

d)

comedic poems

8.

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

a)

Petrarchan Sonnet

b)

Shakespearean Sonnet

c)

Spenserian Sonnet

d)

Italian Sonnet

9.
The last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ lines 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

a)

154

b)

156

c)

165

d)

172