Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz

Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz

11th Grade

10 Qs

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Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz

Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz

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English

11th Grade

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Created by

Dayanara Maghamil

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Shakespearean sonnet?

A 12-line poem

A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter

A poem that tells a story

A poem with no specific structure

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is credited with inventing the sonnet?

Shakespeare

Petrarch

Homer

Milton

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write that are known today?

Over 200

154

100

250

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet?

Three quatrains and a couplet

An octave followed by a sestet

A single stanza

Two equal parts of 7 lines each

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe the emotional turn in a sonnet?

Quatrain

Couplet

Volta

Sestet

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Sonnet 18, what is the beloved compared to?

A winter's night

A summer's day

A beautiful flower

A starry sky

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the first quatrain of Sonnet 18 describe summer?

It is everlasting

It is perfect and unchanging

It fades and withers

It is always too cold

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