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WorksheetsTEST -32- Measure for Measure, Sonnet 129, 130 & unit 10
Total questions: 118
Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins
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Class
Date
1.
In Measure for Measure, the city named as the play’s setting is which of the following?
a)
Milan
b)
Vienna
c)
Verona
d)
Padua
2.
In Measure for Measure, the Duke’s disguise assumes a friar’s name; which is correct?
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
Friar Francis
c)
Friar Lodowick
d)
Friar Peter
3.
In Measure for Measure, the deputy first empowered to govern in the Duke’s absence is which figure?
a)
Escalus
b)
Angelo
c)
Lucio
d)
Abhorson
4.
In Measure for Measure, the line “We must not make a scarecrow of the law” belongs to whom?
a)
Escalus
b)
Angelo
c)
the Duke
d)
Isabella
5.
In Measure for Measure, Isabella’s maxim “More than our brother is our chastity” is addressed to which character?
a)
Escalus
b)
Angelo
c)
the Duke (as Friar)
d)
Lucio
6.
In Measure for Measure, Claudio’s offence that triggers sentence under revived statute is best described as which?
a)
Adultery with a married woman
b)
Fornication with his pre-contracted Juliet before solemnization
c)
Abduction of a ward
d)
Profaning a church
7.
In Measure for Measure, the specific ceremony that Claudio says he and Juliet “lack” is which?
a)
Consent of guardian
b)
Denunciation (the banns) and outward order of solemnization
c)
Dowry delivery
d)
Episcopal licence
8.
In Measure for Measure, the constable who first hauls Pompey and Froth before the bench is which malaprop-prone character?
a)
Elbow
b)
Dogberry
c)
Verges
d)
Barnardine
9.
In Measure for Measure, the aphorism “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall” is uttered by whom?
a)
Angelo
b)
Escalus
c)
the Duke
d)
Isabella
10.
In Measure for Measure, the counsel “Be absolute for death” is given to Claudio by which speaker?
a)
Isabella
b)
the Duke disguised as Friar
c)
Angelo
d)
Provost
11.
In Measure for Measure, the meditation beginning “Ay, but to die, and go we know not where” is spoken by which character?
a)
Claudio
b)
Isabella
c)
the Duke
d)
Lucio
12.
In Measure for Measure, the intended “assay” of Angelo’s rigor is first framed by the Duke using which phrase?
a)
“Test of his mettle”
b)
“Trial of his virtue”
c)
“Mark of his merit”
d)
“Proof of his blood”
13.
In Measure for Measure, the “bed-trick” is staged at which precise locale repeatedly named in the play?
a)
Saint Anne’s cloister
b)
The moated grange at Saint Luke’s
c)
The Blackfriars house
d)
The city gate by the mint
14.
In Measure for Measure, Mariana’s broken betrothal to Angelo follows loss of her dowry and which kinsman at sea?
a)
Her father Benedict
b)
Her brother Frederick
c)
Her uncle Peter
d)
Her cousin Francis
15.
In Measure for Measure, the lyric “Take, O take those lips away” is heard in the grange scene; who actually sings it onstage?
a)
Mariana
b)
A Boy (musician)
c)
Isabella
d)
Friar Peter
16.
In Measure for Measure, the text “Like doth quit like, and measure still for measure” is spoken by which character and in which part of the play?
a)
Angelo, Act II
b)
the Duke, the final sentencing scene
c)
Isabella, Act IV
d)
Escalus, Act I
17.
In Measure for Measure, the “head-trick” that saves Claudio uses the head of which conveniently deceased prisoner?
a)
Abhorson
b)
Barnardine
c)
Ragozine, a pirate
d)
Froth
18.
In Measure for Measure, the Provost notes that the substitute head is convincing for which specific reason?
a)
Same scar on the brow
b)
Same tonsure
c)
Beard of the same cut and colour
d)
Same missing tooth
19.
In Measure for Measure, the recalcitrant prisoner who refuses execution on the ground of being unprepared is which?
a)
Barnardine
b)
Pompey
c)
Froth
d)
Elbow
20.
In Measure for Measure, Barnardine’s nationality as stated by the Provost is which?
a)
Venetian
b)
Bohemian
c)
Paduan
d)
Tuscan
21.
In Measure for Measure, the three men denounced by the harpy-like rebuke “You are three men of sin” — a different play’s device — apply where?
a)
In Macbeth
b)
In The Tempest; there is no such harpy rebuke in this play
c)
In Hamlet
d)
In Othello
22.
In Measure for Measure, the brothels “in the suburbs” are ordered to be pulled down under whose authority?
a)
Angelo acting as deputy
b)
Escalus
c)
the Duke before departure
d)
Friar Lodowick
23.
In Measure for Measure, Isabella is explicitly associated with which religious order?
a)
Benedictine
b)
Order of Saint Clare (Poor Clares)
c)
Carmelite
d)
Dominican
24.
In Measure for Measure, Lucio’s libel of the ruler includes nicknaming him which?
a)
“The cold commander”
b)
“The moth-eaten King”
c)
“The old fantastical Duke of dark corners”
d)
“The shadow prince”
25.
In Measure for Measure, the bawd’s name is given as what, along with a detail of her marital tally?
a)
Mistress Overdone — nine husbands
b)
Mistress Quickly — seven husbands
c)
Mother Midnight — eleven husbands
d)
Dame Mitigation — five husbands
26.
In Measure for Measure, Lucio describes Angelo as “a man whose blood is very snow-broth”; who is he speaking to?
a)
Isabella
b)
the Duke (disguised)
c)
Escalus
d)
Pompey
27.
In Measure for Measure, the phrase “But man, proud man, / Drest in a little brief authority” is part of which character’s plea?
a)
Isabella to Angelo
b)
Escalus to Angelo
c)
the Duke to Angelo
d)
Mariana to the Duke
28.
In Measure for Measure, the first public accusation against Angelo in the final scene is made by whom and with whose clerical escort?
a)
Isabella with Friar Peter
b)
Mariana with Friar Thomas
c)
Juliet with Friar Lodowick
d)
Isabella with the Provost
29.
In Measure for Measure, the officer who supervises executions and receives the Duke’s clandestine instructions is which?
a)
Abhorson
b)
Provost
c)
Elbow
d)
Master Sheriff
30.
In Measure for Measure, the two execution-room functionaries are named what?
a)
Pompey and Elbow
b)
Abhorson and the Provost
c)
Abhorson and Barnardine
d)
Froth and Ragozine
31.
In Measure for Measure, the Duke pretends to depart to which foreign destination as cover for his disguise?
a)
Poland
b)
France
c)
Bohemia
d)
Navarre
32.
In Measure for Measure, the earliest recorded court performance (by the King’s Men) is traditionally dated to which day and year?
a)
26 December 1604 (St Stephen’s Day)
b)
1 November 1611
c)
26 December 1606
d)
5 November 1605
33.
In Measure for Measure, first publication in print occurs in which volume and year?
a)
Quarto, 1604
b)
Quarto, 1608
c)
First Folio, 1623
d)
Second Folio, 1632
34.
In Measure for Measure, the friar who acts as the Duke’s public agent in the last act (distinct from his disguise) is whom?
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
Friar Peter
c)
Friar Thomas
d)
Friar Francis
35.
In Measure for Measure, the Duke’s clemency formula to Angelo is ultimately triggered by which double petition?
a)
Escalus and Lucio
b)
Isabella and Mariana
c)
Juliet and Claudio
d)
Provost and Abhorson
36.
In Measure for Measure, the punishment laid upon Lucio at the end includes which notorious remedy?
a)
Transportation
b)
Forfeiture of goods
c)
Marriage to Kate Keepdown whom he has wronged
d)
Pillory and ears cropped
37.
In Measure for Measure, the Duke first reveals to whom that Claudio is actually alive, before the final public revelation?
a)
Isabella
b)
Escalus
c)
Mariana
d)
Friar Peter
38.
In Measure for Measure, which comic professional does Pompey become when licensed by the Provost?
a)
Town crier
b)
Tapster
c)
Hangman’s apprentice (under Abhorson)
d)
Sexton
39.
In Measure for Measure, Juliet’s name is printed in the Folio in which form most often?
a)
Juliana
b)
Julietta
c)
Juliet
d)
Julia
40.
In Measure for Measure, the concluding proposal to Isabella is made by whom, and how does she answer onstage?
a)
Angelo; she consents immediately
b)
the Duke; she is silent (answer left unstated onstage)
c)
Claudio; she refuses
d)
Escalus; she defers to the abbess
41.
In Sonnet 129, the opening line “Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame” defines the theme as which?
a)
Greed
b)
Lust
c)
Sloth
d)
Pride
42.
In Sonnet 129, the cluster “Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust” exemplifies which device?
a)
Climax with asyndeton
b)
Epistrophe
c)
Zeugma
d)
Paronomasia
43.
In Sonnet 129, the pair “Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight” and “Past reason hunted, and no sooner had / Past reason hated” chiefly exploit which figure?
a)
Litotes
b)
Polyptoton and antithesis
c)
Hyperbaton
d)
Anadiplosis
44.
In Sonnet 129, the phrase “Had, having, and in quest to have” displays what rhythmic/structural pattern?
a)
Chiasmus
b)
Tricolon with participial variation
c)
Epanorthosis
d)
Hypallage
45.
In Sonnet 129, “A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe” hinges on which key word’s double status?
a)
Bliss
b)
Proof/proved
c)
Woe
d)
Very
46.
In Sonnet 129, the spatial adverbs “before” and “behind” in “Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream” contrast what?
a)
Youth and age
b)
Anticipation and retrospect
c)
Heaven and hell
d)
Virtue and vice
47.
In Sonnet 129, the line “On purpose laid to make the taker mad” most directly characterizes lust as which?
a)
A rational game
b)
A snare or bait intended to derange
c)
A judicial sentence
d)
A divine lesson
48.
In Sonnet 129, the sequence of denunciations intensifies toward what final theological polarity?
a)
Eden and Fall
b)
Heaven and hell
c)
Law and grace
d)
Sin and sacrifice
49.
In Sonnet 129, the word “spirit” in context most plausibly bears which layered meaning?
a)
Breath or courage
b)
Alcohol
c)
Semen and vital force (with moral “spirit” pun)
d)
Ghost
50.
In Sonnet 129, the repeated “Past reason …” construction functions as what kind of modifier?
a)
Absolute construction
b)
Adjectival premodifier of the implicit subject “lust”
c)
Appositive phrase naming Time
d)
Adverbial of place
51.
In Sonnet 129, “Mad in pursuit and in possession so” balances which two states?
a)
Courtship and marriage
b)
Desire and satiation
c)
Youth and age
d)
Speech and silence
52.
In Sonnet 129, the volta is most naturally heard at which point?
a)
After line 4
b)
After line 8
c)
After line 12
d)
Only in the couplet
53.
In Sonnet 129, the final couplet “All this the world well knows; yet none knows well / To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell” asserts which paradox?
a)
Knowledge without power to avoid
b)
Prophecy without fulfilment
c)
Law without justice
d)
Love without reason
54.
In Sonnet 129, the meter of the opening “Th’ expense of spirit…” is best scanned as which?
a)
Trochaic pentameter
b)
Iambic pentameter with initial vowel elision (“Th’ expense”)
c)
Anapestic tetrameter
d)
Mixed meter with feminine ending
55.
In Sonnet 130, the very first comparison the poet rejects is which?
a)
Eyes to the sun
b)
Hair to golden wires
c)
Cheeks to roses
d)
Breath to perfume
56.
In Sonnet 130, the phrase “If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun” employs which rhetorical move?
a)
Litotes
b)
Concessive antithesis (if/then) denying Petrarchan ideal
c)
Pleonasm
d)
Apostrophe
57.
In Sonnet 130, the diction “black wires grow on her head” most directly overturns which conventional compliment?
a)
Raven tresses
b)
Golden wire/hairs of spun gold
c)
Ebony curls
d)
Silken locks
58.
In Sonnet 130, the line “I have seen roses damasked, red and white” prepares for which negation?
a)
No roses exist
b)
No such roses see I in her cheeks
c)
Roses symbolise vice
d)
Roses are inferior to lilies
59.
In Sonnet 130, the word “reeks” in “And in some perfumes is there more delight / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks” should be glossed principally as which?
a)
Stinks foully only
b)
Emits scent (neutral/earthy), with comic deflation
c)
Perfumes others
d)
Breaths prayer
60.
In Sonnet 130, “music hath a far more pleasing sound” contrasts the mistress’s voice with music; what figure governs this and the previous denials?
a)
Apostrophe
b)
Anti-blazon (negative blazon)
c)
Hypallage
d)
Zeugma
61.
In Sonnet 130, the admission “I grant I never saw a goddess go” prepares for which assertion?
a)
She glides like a spirit
b)
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground
c)
She floats above the earth
d)
She trips like a fairy
62.
In Sonnet 130, the poet’s valuation in the couplet claims what about his love?
a)
It is inferior to Petrarch’s
b)
It is as rare as any praised by false comparisons
c)
It depends on cosmetics
d)
It is unrequited entirely
63.
In Sonnet 130, the figures “If hairs be wires” and “damasked roses” are primarily references to what literary fashion?
a)
Plain-style moral verse
b)
Petrarchan sonnet conceits
c)
Pastoral eclogues
d)
Metaphysical paradoxes
64.
In Sonnet 130, which of the following exact words does not occur in the poem?
a)
Reeks
b)
Damasked
c)
Wires
d)
Lilies
65.
In Sonnet 130, the tonal stance is best characterized as which?
a)
Satiric deflation that yields to sincere affirmation
b)
Pure mockery without praise
c)
Solemn elegy
d)
Ironic praise of court hyperbole
66.
In Sonnet 130, which sense is not explicitly invoked among the poet’s comparisons?
a)
Sight
b)
Smell
c)
Hearing
d)
Taste
67.
In Sonnet 130, the meter overall is which, with typical allowances for initial inversions?
a)
Trochaic pentameter
b)
Iambic pentameter
c)
Anapestic pentameter
d)
Hexameter
68.
In Sonnet 130, the chief argumentative strategy compared with Sonnet 18 is which of the following?
a)
Both build idealising blazons
b)
Sonnet 130 negates conventional similes to reach a truer praise; Sonnet 18 affirms and then immortalizes by verse
c)
Both rely on ekphrasis of a painting
d)
Both are purely invective
69.
In Voice — choose the best passive for “People say that the artist is ill.”
a)
It is being said that the artist is ill.
b)
It is said that the artist is ill.
c)
The artist was said ill.
d)
The artist is said to be ill.
70.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “They made him captain.”
a)
He was made captain.
b)
He was made a captain by they.
c)
He is made as captain.
d)
He has been made the captain by them yesterday.
71.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “Someone has stolen my watch.”
a)
My watch was stolen by someone.
b)
My watch has been stolen.
c)
My watch is stolen now.
d)
My watch had been stolen since morning.
72.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “They are building a new bridge here.”
a)
A new bridge is built here.
b)
A new bridge was being built here.
c)
A new bridge is being built here.
d)
A new bridge has been built here.
73.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “We must obey the rules.”
a)
The rules must be obeyed.
b)
The rules should obey us.
c)
The rules are to be obey.
d)
The rules have to obeyed.
74.
In Voice — choose the passive focusing on the indirect object for “They gave me a prize.”
a)
A prize had been given me.
b)
I was given a prize.
c)
I had given a prize.
d)
A prize was giving to me.
75.
In Voice — choose the correct prepositional passive for “People will laugh at you.”
a)
You will laugh at.
b)
You will be laughed.
c)
You will be laughed at.
d)
You are to be laughed at by people.
76.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “The noise frightened the child.”
a)
The child was frightened by the noise.
b)
The child is frightening by the noise.
c)
The noise was frightened by the child.
d)
The child had frightened by noise.
77.
In Voice — choose the correct active for the passive “They are said to have finished the work.”
a)
People said they finished the work.
b)
People say they have finished the work.
c)
People were saying they finish the work.
d)
People have said they finish the work.
78.
In Voice — choose the correct passive imperative for “Let someone open the door.”
a)
Let the door opened.
b)
The door let be opened.
c)
Let the door be opened.
d)
Let be the door opened by someone.
79.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “They considered him honest.”
a)
He is considered as honest.
b)
He was considered honest.
c)
He was considered to be honesty.
d)
He considered honest.
80.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for the catenative verb “They saw her cross the road.”
a)
She was seen crossing the road.
b)
She was seen to cross the road.
c)
She is seen cross the road.
d)
She had been seen to crossing the road.
81.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for “Someone has to do it.”
a)
It had to be done.
b)
It has to be done.
c)
It is be done.
d)
It must has to be done.
82.
In Voice — choose the correct active for the passive “They are known to be efficient.”
a)
People know that they are efficient.
b)
People knew they were efficient.
c)
People are knowing they are efficient.
d)
People have been known they are efficient.
83.
In Voice — choose the correct passive for the prepositional verb “The committee approved of the plan.”
a)
The plan was approved by the committee.
b)
The plan was approved of by the committee.
c)
The plan approved of by committee.
d)
The plan had approved by the committee.
84.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct article: “He is ___ honest man.”
a)
a
b)
an
c)
the
d)
no article
85.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct articles: “___ Ganges flows into ___ Bay of Bengal.”
a)
A, the
b)
The, the
c)
The, a
d)
A, a
86.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct article with initial /j/: “She is ___ European.”
a)
an
b)
the
c)
a
d)
no article
87.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct article with silent h: “He arrived after ___ hour.”
a)
a
b)
an
c)
the
d)
no article
88.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct article with /juː/: “He is ___ university student.”
a)
an
b)
the
c)
a
d)
no article
89.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the quantifier that implies insufficiency: “I had ___ money, so I couldn’t buy it.”
a)
a little
b)
little
c)
few
d)
a few
90.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct emphasized quantifier: “___ few friends I have are loyal.”
a)
A
b)
The
c)
Those
d)
These
91.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct quantifier for negative ability: “He has ___ knowledge of Sanskrit, so he can’t translate this.”
a)
a little
b)
little
c)
few
d)
a few
92.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct verb agreement: “Either of the answers ___ acceptable.”
a)
are
b)
were
c)
is
d)
have been
93.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct verb agreement: “Each of the players ___ a jersey.”
a)
have
b)
has
c)
are having
d)
were having
94.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct article: “This is ___ unique opportunity.”
a)
an
b)
the
c)
a
d)
no article
95.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the fixed expression: “This is ___ same book that I lost.”
a)
a
b)
an
c)
the
d)
no article
96.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the idiomatic expression of transport: “She goes to school by ___ bus.”
a)
a
b)
the
c)
an
d)
no article
97.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the correct article with a plural country name: “___ United States has fifty states.”
a)
A
b)
An
c)
The
d)
No article
98.
In Articles and Determiners — choose the natural determiner: “___ students have submitted the forms.”
a)
All the
b)
Both the
c)
Every
d)
Much
99.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “The baby slept soundly.”
a)
SV
b)
SVO
c)
SVC
d)
SVA
100.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “They elected him president.”
a)
SVO
b)
SVOO
c)
SVOC
d)
SVC
101.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “She gave me a pen.”
a)
S V IO DO
b)
SVOC
c)
SVC
d)
SVA
102.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “The sky grew dark.”
a)
SVC
b)
SVO
c)
SVOC
d)
SVA
103.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “Ramesh is in the garden.”
a)
SVC
b)
SVA
c)
SVO
d)
SVOC
104.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “Honesty is the best policy.”
a)
SVO
b)
SVC
c)
SVA
d)
SVOC
105.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “The teacher praised the boy.”
a)
SVO
b)
SVOO
c)
SVOC
d)
SVC
106.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “We consider him trustworthy.”
a)
SVO
b)
SVOC
c)
SVOO
d)
SVA
107.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “There are fifty students in the hall.”
a)
SVO
b)
SVC
c)
SVA
d)
SVOC
108.
In Sentence patterns — identify the pattern: “They made her into a star.”
a)
SVO
b)
SVOO
c)
SVOC
d)
SVC
109.
In Compound words — choose the correct plural form of the compound: “mother-in-law.”
a)
mother-in-laws
b)
mothers-in-law
c)
mother-in-lawes
d)
mother-in-lives
110.
In Compound words — choose the correct plural form of the compound: “runner-up.”
a)
runner-ups
b)
runners-up
c)
runner-uppers
d)
runner-upes
111.
In Compound words — choose the correct attributive form: “a ___ job.”
a)
full time
b)
full-time
c)
fulltime
d)
full times
112.
In Compound words — choose the correct predicative form: “The job is ___.”
a)
full time
b)
full-time
c)
fulltime
d)
full times
113.
In Compound words — choose the correct verb form: “Please ___ the text before printing.”
a)
proof-read
b)
proof read
c)
proofread
d)
proof-red
114.
In Compound words — choose the correct phrasal verb vs noun: “Please ___ to the system.”
a)
login
b)
log-in
c)
log in
d)
logged-in
115.
In Compound words — choose the correct noun: “I like your ___.”
a)
make up
b)
make-up
c)
makeup
d)
made up
116.
In Compound words — choose the correct form of the preposition vs compound: “He walked ___ the room.”
a)
in to
b)
into
c)
in-to
d)
within to
117.
In Compound words — choose the correct indefinite pronoun: “___ can answer this riddle.”
a)
Any one
b)
Anyone
c)
Any-one
d)
Any one of
118.
In Compound words — choose the correct hyphenation before a noun: “a ___ author.”
a)
well known
b)
well-known
c)
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