Sonnets Quiz

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

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

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

The Shakespearean Sonnet is also known as

• English
• Italian
• Irish
• Dickensian

What is a 'volta' or 'turn'?

• Four lines from a sonnet
• Emotional twist and final argument
• The tone of the poem
• The main message of the poem

A Spenserian Sonnet and a Shakespearean Sonnet only differ in 

• Form
• Rhyme Scheme
• Number of Lines
• Name