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REVIEWER: SONNET

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The last "part" in a Shakespearean sonnet is called
a)
rhyming couplet
b)
rhyming octave
c)
iambic tercet
d)
epistrophe
2.
A sonnet contains _____ lines. 
a)
12
b)
4
c)
14
d)
16
3.
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 
4.
Shakespeare's sonnet 18 compares a girl to..
a)
spring day
b)
summer's day
c)
nature
d)
his heartbeat 
5.
What poetic device is used in the following line of Sonnet 18: "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade" (Hint: Death is bragging!)
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
6.
In Sonnet 18, the "eye of heaven" refers to the
a)
Friend's eye
b)
Sky
c)
Sun
d)
Moon
7.

The following lines are an example of _____________.

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

a)

A couplet

b)

A quatrain

c)

A theme

d)

Free verse

8.

What was the name of the poetic meter that Shakespeare wrote in?

a)

Spondaic meter (stressed/stressed)

b)

Trochaic meter (stressed/unstressed)

c)

Dactylic meter (stressed/unstressed/unstressed)

d)

Iambic (unstressed/stressed)

9.

What is the rhyme scheme for this poem

a)

ABCD

b)

ABAB

c)

ABBA

d)

BABA

10.

Complete the rhyme scheme

a)

A

A

b)

A

B

c)

B

B

d)

B

A

11.
Which of the following best describes a quatrain?
a)
a poem of fourteen lines, typically featuring rhyme, meter, and logical structure
b)
 type of metrical foot
c)
a four-line, typically rhyming unit of verse
d)
a two-line, typically rhyming unit of verse
12.
In the rhyming couplet, Shakespeare says:
"If this be error..."
a)
He will write only about death and love only once more
b)
He'll never write another play and never love again
c)
He'll take back all his writing and no man has every truly loved
d)
He'll never love a woman again, only men
13.

“Love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds” means true love

a)

does not change.

b)

changes over time.

c)

dies over time.

d)

grows stale and dull.

14.

“That looks on tempests and is never shaken” means true love

a)

withstands all trials and tribulations.

b)

endures despite problems or difficulties.

c)

remains strong in the face of temptation.

d)

all of the above

15.

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.

16.

With which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree?

a)

t is important for a man to prove his love for his partner.

b)

You should only marry someone who is your intellectual equal.

c)

True love between two minds is eternal and withstands adversity.

d)

Physical attraction always transforms into love if given enough time.

17.

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

18.

“Within his bending sickle’s compass come” refers to

a)

time or death.

b)

an adventurer.

c)

a sailor at sea.

d)

marriage.

19.

Comparing true love to a guiding “star” serves as an example of a

a)

irony.

b)

dialect.

c)

sensory detail.

d)

metaphor.

20.

What do stars signify in the couplet: It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken?

a)

Guide or Hope

b)

Love

c)

Beauty

d)

Safety or Light