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Quatrains and Couplets Recap

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What makes a couplet?

a)

Four lines.

b)

Two lines.

c)

Three lines.

d)

Eight lines.

2.

What are the stanzas in Gwendolyn Brook's "We Real Cool"?

a)

Tercets

b)

Quatrains

c)

Couplets

d)

Septets

3.

What makes a quatrain?

a)

Four lines.

b)

Three couplets.

c)

Five lines.

d)

Eight lines

4.

What is the rhyming pattern of a quatrain

a)

AABBA

b)

ABAB

c)

AA

d)

4 lines

5.

What is the rhyming pattern of a couplet

a)

AA

b)

ABAB

c)

AB

d)

just 2 lines

6.

Match the following

a)

Shakespeare

1.

Person most famous for quatrains and couplets

b)

2 lines, AA pattern

2.

Couplet

c)

4 lines, ABAB pattern

3.

Quatrain

7.

The Origin of a Quatrain comes from​ the​ ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
French word quatre
Spanish word cuatro
Latin word quatring
Britain word quatro
8.

The word couplet came from ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
France
Latin
Spain
America
Greece
Britain
Australia
Russia
9.

Who was the most famous poet who used Quatrains and couplets

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Longfellow

c)

Robert Frost

d)

Wolfgang

10.

Where are quatrains and couplets found

a)

Ballad

b)

Concrete poem

c)

Sonnet

d)

Book

11.

How many quatrains are in a sonnet1

a)

1

b)

6

c)

3

d)

2

12.

How many couplets are in a sonnet

a)

3

b)

4

c)

1

d)

2