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SONNET 18

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The poet compares his beloved to —

a)

A summer flower

b)

Summer breeze

c)

A summer’s day

d)

Summer tune.

2.

Compared to a summer’s day, the poet’s friend is —

a)

More lovely and more temperate

b)

More sweet and soothing

c)

More attractive and beautiful

d)

(d) More sensuous and passionate

3.

The rough winds of summer

a)

Blow the flowers away

b)

Shake the darling buds of May

c)

Prevent the birds to fly

d)

Blows a beautiful scent

4.

“Eye of heaven” means –

a)

Moon

b)

Earth

c)

Sun

d)

Stars

5.

The phrase ‘gold complexion dimmed’ means —

a)

The sun rays become scorching

b)

The sun rays diminish

c)

The sun rays fade

d)

The sun rays hide

6.

That beauty is never lasting is the —

a)

Law of nature

b)

Law of changing course

c)

Law of tide

d)

Law of time

7.

The poet asserts that his poetry will eternalize

a)

The youth of his friend

b)

The beauty of nature

c)

The eye of heaven

d)

The darling buds of May

8.

The poet asserts that his friend will never lose possession of his –

a)

Property

b)

Health

c)

Beauty

d)

Wealth

9.

The poet asserts that even ________ cannot fade the beauty of his friend.

a)

Nature

b)

Heaven

c)

Death

d)

Time

10.

The beauty of the friend will be eternalized in the

a)

Darling buds of May

b)

Lines written by the poet

c)

Eye of heaven

d)

Beauty of nature

11.

The friend’s beauty will live as long as

a)

The world exists

b)

Men can breathe

c)

Men can breathe and eyes can see

d)

Eyes can see

12.

As long as the poetry survives –

a)

The beauty of the friend survives

b)

Darling buds of May survive

c)

The eye of Heaven survives

d)

The gold complexion survives

13.

Rough winds shake the darling buds of –

a)

June

b)

May

c)

July

d)

April

14.

Everything fair experiences inevitable

a)

Incline

b)

Indifference

c)

Decline

d)

Revival

15.

Summer has –

a)

Short duration

b)

Long duration

c)

Constant temperature

d)

Constant brightness

16.

Nature’s changing course is

a)

Temperate

b)

Mild

c)

Untrimmed

d)

Lonely

17.

The poet’s friend is more than a summer’s day –

a)

Mild and temperate

b)

Beautiful and lovely

c)

Lovely and temperate

d)

Temperate and beautiful

18.

The darling buds of May are shaken by rough winds of –

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Autumn

19.

A Shakespearian sonnet has –  

a)

3 quatrains and a couplet

b)

4 quatrains and a couplet

c)

An octet and a sestate

d)

An octed and a couplet

20.

The poet compared his young friend to a

a)

Winter’s day

b)

Spring day

c)

Autumn day

d)

Summer’s day