Why does the speaker in Spenser's “Sonnet 75” (the beach sonnet) most likely write the woman’s name twice?

C. He wants to show his love for her

D. He thinks that sand outlasts the ocean

The Speaker in Spenser's “Sonnet 30” (fire and ice) is –

A man who is courting a woman whose heart seems ice cold

A man who is courting a woman whose heart is aflame.

A woman being courted by a man whose heart is aflame

The speaker in Spenser's “Sonnet 75” (the beach sonnet) reveals towards the end of the sonnet that he believes that

Poetry can make his love live forever

Verses are more important than his life

Heaven will let his love live forever

Nature has little power over life

The contrasting images of fire and ice help us infer that the relationship between the man and woman in Spenser's “Sonnet 30” was –

D. simple and lacking complexity

The shepherd’s plea might have been accepted by a woman who –

did not believe she would grow old

had lived in the country before

Which line adequately portrays the nymph’s negative tone in “The Nymph’s Reply”?

“Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten”

“To come to thee and by thy love”

“These pretty pleasures might me move”

“Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses”

Why are "The Passionate Shepherd" and "The Nymphs Reply" considered pastoral poems?

Because pastoral is a word used to describe rural living, and these poems are about life in rural areas

Because pastoral is the Latin word for “love,” and these poems are about love

Because pastoral is the Latin word for “country,” and these poems are about one’s love of native country

Because pastoral is the Latin word for “city,” and these poems are about life in the city

Which line from “The Passionate Shepherd” gives you a clue that it is a pastoral poem?

Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks

Fair lined slippers for the cold

And if these pleasures may thee move

And I will make thee a bed of roses

Which line from “The Nymph’s Reply” gives you a clue that it is a pastoral poem?

If all the world and love were young

The rest complains of cares to come

A honey tongue, a heart of gall

How would you paraphrase the line “Had joys no date, nor age no need”?

If joys never ended, and we did not age…

When joys end and we stop aging…

If joys never ended, but we continued to age…

Even if joys must end, if only we need not age…

The message of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 ("When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes") could be summarized as

life is short, but art lasts forever

it is better to keep busy than to lose oneself in thoughts and memories

According to Shakespeare's “Sonnet 116,” love fails to be love when

Outside influences can change it

Married people tell each other lies

In Shakespeare's “Sonnet 116,” lines 9-12, beginning “Love’s not Time’s fool,” suggest that love –

is not deceived by material wealth

is strongest when people are young

The best interpretation of the theme expressed in the closing lines of Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18” (“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”) is –

the eternity of art makes beauty eternal

life is very long and youth is over too quickly

the brevity of life is like the brevity of summer

as long as the subject is alive, men will love her

What aspect of literature does Shakespeare's “Sonnet 130” (the dark lady) mock?

Exaggerated metaphors in love poems

In Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18,” ("shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") the poem’s subject is different from the summer season because

The subject’s beauty will never change or fade

The speaker is always unhappy near the subject

The subject’s life will contain intemperate days

Many harsh things will happen to the subject

In Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18,” what is the function of the final lines “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this give life to thee”?

To add a statement of impact and importance

To confirm what was said at the beginning

To contradict what was said at the beginning

To express the speaker’s sorrow

The turn after the first two quatrains of a Shakespearean sonnet usually signifies a

shift in the poem’s focus or thought

sudden change in the speaker’s tone

shift from one figure of speech to another

The subject that the speakers describe in Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18” (summer's day) and “Sonnet 130” (dark lady) are different because

One is idealized and the other has flaws

The speaker loves one but hates the other

One has the speaker’s love and the other has lost it

One is jealous of the other’s beauty

In lines 5-6 of Shakespeare's “Sonnet 130” (dark lady), (“I have seen roses damask’d red and white, / But no such roses see I in her cheeks,”) the speaker means that his

Mistress’s complexion is less lovely than roses

Mistress lacks appreciation for nature’s beauty

Compliments fail to make his mistress blush

Mistress stays indoors too much of the time

In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," how does the country setting of the pastoral show the shepherd’s youthful innocence?

Through the depiction of idyllic landscapes and promises of simple pleasures.

By highlighting the shepherd's lack of worldly experience and naivety.

Through the shepherd's interactions with other characters in the poem.

By contrasting the shepherd's innocence with the harsh realities of life.

Match the terms to their definitions.

Fourteen line lyric poem in rhymed iambic pentameter

The way the poet concludes with his point

Eight lines of a sonnet that pose a problem

Expression of opposite ideas juxtaposed

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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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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.

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Renaissance Poetry Test

Match the term to its definition

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why does the speaker in Spenser's “Sonnet 75” (the beach sonnet) most likely write the woman’s name twice?

The Speaker in Spenser's “Sonnet 30” (fire and ice) is –

Who are the two speakers in Spenser's “Sonnet 75” (the beach sonnet)?

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