Sonnet Intro Pre-quiz

How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?

• 12
• 16
• 10
• 14

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.

• True
• False

All of Shakespearean Sonnets rhyme.

• True
• False

How many quatrains are contained in an English Sonnet?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The first twelve lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are divided into three quatrains with five lines each.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.

• True
• False

Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of five syllables.

• true
• false

An Italian sonnet has..

• 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
• 1 Octave, 2 Couplets 
• 1 Octave, 1 Sestet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

• Ronsard
• Petrarch
• Dante Alighieri
• Shakespeare 

How many syllables are in an iamb?

• 5
• 3
• 10
• 2