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WorksheetsShakespeare's Sonnets
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?
a)
12
b)
16
c)
10
d)
14
2.
The first twelve lines of a sonnet
a)
tell you the problem or theme
b)
do not rhyme
c)
resolve the problem
d)
all of the above
3.
The last two lines of a sonnet are called a rhyming couplet.
a)
true
b)
false
4.
Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of five syllables.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A line of iambic pentameter flows like this:
BAboom / BAboom / BAboom / baBAboom / BAboom.
BAboom / BAboom / BAboom / baBAboom / BAboom.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Sonnets include a volta, or turn, where there's a change in the speaker's voice or attitude toward the problem.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
The Shakespearean sonnet can also be called the
a)
Elizabethan or English Sonnet
b)
Petrarchan Sonnet
10.
All of Shakespearean Sonnets rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with five lines each.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
A quatrain contains
a)
2 lines of poetry
b)
3 lines of poetry
c)
4 lines of poetry
d)
5 lines of poetry
13.
How many quatrains are contained in an English Sonnet?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
14.
In Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, "the eye of heaven" is...
a)
God; metaphor
b)
the moon; a simile
c)
the sun; a metaphor
d)
a cyclops; onomatopoeia
15.
A line of iambic pentameter includes 10 iambs.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
A line of iambic pentameter includes 10 syllables.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
There are fewer than 40 days of school left. :)
a)
True, and YAY!
b)
Bummer! I want more school. EDUCATE ME!!!!!
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