Shakespearean Sonnets

Quiz
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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
+2
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the last couplet of Sonnet 18 imply about beauty?
It fades with time
It is eternal through poetry
It is dependent on nature
It is only temporary
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many syllables are in a line of a sonnet?
5
7
10
12
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called
iambic pentameter
trochaic quadmeter
spondaic pentameter
dactylic trimeter
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?
Ronsard
Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Shakespeare
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?
a b b a a b b ac d e c d e
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In Sonnet 130, how does the speaker's mistress compare to such symbols as the sun, coral, and a rose?
She is more beautiful
She is as beautiful
She does not rival their beauty
She combines them all into her special beauty
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.
1
2
3
4
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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