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Renaissance Poetry Test

Authored by Carissa Wilcox

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Renaissance Poetry Test
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Match the term to its definition

Paradox

Address of absent person or personified object

Allegory

A statement that seems contradictory yet is true

Apostrophe

Word pairing contradictory ideas like “heavy grace”

Oxymoron

Work with two levels of meaning, literal and symbolic

Couplet

Pair of rhyming lines in the same meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Spenser's Sonnet 30 (Fire and Ice) and Sonnet 75 (the beach sonnet) both –

A. describe the pitfalls of love

B. describe the complexities of love

C. warn the reader to avoid love

D. describe the physical world

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The last two lines of Spenser's “Sonnet 30” (fire and ice) reveal that

Nature is more powerful than love

The woman loves the speaker

The speaker fears his love

Love is a powerful force

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Spenser's “Sonnet 75” (the beach sonnet), the beloved’s initial reaction is that –

her virtues are not worthy

seeking immortality is vain

only the best poets should seek immortality

only the best poets can be vain

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the speaker, what effect does fire have on ice in Spenser's “Sonnet 30”?

The ice melts

The ice boils

The ice hardens

The ice grows thin

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the speaker seek to do in Spenser's “Sonnet 75” (the beach sonnet)?

To keep the woman he loves alive with his words

To capture his beloved’s virtues and his love in his verse

To become immortal

To write his verse in the sand

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which answer best describes what the lines “And ice which is congealed with senseless cold, / Should kindle fire by wonderful device” mean?

A. A person who acts cold could actually make another fall more deeply in love.

B. Love that is cold can actually put out fires.

C. A person who is full of fire can cause the person they love to be cold.

D. Love can be hot and cold.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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