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201- EARLY MODERN LITERATURE

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was William Shakespeare baptized?

a)

23 April 1564

b)

24 April 1564

c)

25 April 1564

d)

26 April 1564

2.

Identify the speaker-

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"

a)

Duke Orsino

b)

Viola

c)

Malvolio

d)

Sir Toby

3.

Which of these is NOT the name of one of Orsino's servants?

a)

Valentine

b)

Cesario

c)

Curio

d)

Fabian

4.

Which of these things is Viola NOT accused of in Act V?

a)

Getting Antonio Arrested

b)

Beating Sir Toby and Sir Andrew

c)

Angering Orsino

d)

Marrying Lady Olivia

5.

'Since there's no help' was written as the 61st Sonnet in a sequence called ___ published around 1594.

a)

Idea's Mirror

b)

Idea's 61

c)

Amoretti

d)

Amoretti 61

6.

Whom does the speaker speak to in the Sonnet 'One day I wrote her name?'

a)

His Dad

b)

His Friend

c)

His Beloved

d)

His Sister

7.

A Sonnet that consists of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of 'abab bcbc cdcd ee' is called ___.

a)

Shakespearean Sonnet

b)

Italian Sonnet

c)

English Sonnet

d)

Spenserian Sonnet

8.

'Sonnet 73' is written by___

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Ben Jonson

c)

Michael Drayton

d)

Edmund Spenser

9.

What is the figure of speech used in the first line of the poem On His Blindness by Milton? “When I consider how my light is spent”?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Anaphora

d)

Onomatopoeia

10.

1.      “Seven Sleepers’ Den” used in The Good Morrow by John Donne is an example of  ___________?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Assonance

d)

Allusion

11.

In the poem The Retreat, who does the poet refer to as “my first love”?

a)

A girl whom he fell in love with

b)

His childhood friend

c)

Someone whom he liked but never approached

d)

His childhood days

12.

What does the crown of the leaves of an Oak tree represent in the poem The Garden by Andrew Marvell?

a)

Military Achievement

b)

Civic Achievement

c)

Poetic Achievement

d)

Athletic Achievement