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1.
In"Sonnet18,"doesthebelovedfarebetterorworsethanasummer'sday?
a. Thebelovedfaresbetter;thebeloved'sbeautydeclines.
b. Thebelovedfaresworse;thebeloved'swrinklesbegintoshow.
c. Thebelovedfaresbetter;thebeloved'sbeautyisconstant.
2.
Poemsof14linesthatbeginwiththreequatrainsandendwithacouplet.WilliamShakespeareisone
ofthemostfamouswritersoftheseinhistory.
3.
Howmanylinesareincludedinthesonnet?
a. 13
b. 14
c. 15
d. 16
4.
Whatistherhymeschemeofthepoem?
a. ababcdcdefefgg
b. abbaabbacdecde
c. ababababababab
d. abcdabcdabcdee
5.
Thesonnetiswrittenusingiambicpentameter.
a. True
b. False
6.
WhatistherhymeschemeofthefollowingSonnetbyShakespeare:
Sonnetxviii
ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?
Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:
RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,
Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate:
Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,
Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed,
Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,
Bychance,ornature'schangingcourseuntrimmed:
Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,
Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st,
Norshalldeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,
Whenineternallinestotimethougrow'st,
Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,
Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.
a. ABABCDCDABBACC
b. ABCDABCDEFFEAA
c. ABBACDCDABBCEE
d. ABABCDCDEFEFGG
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7.
Whatdothelast2linesinaSonnetrevealaboutthepoem?
a. therhymescheme
b. theplot
c. themood
d. thetheme
8.
Shakespearewroteallbutthefollowingplay...
a. RomeoandJuliet
b. TheTempest
c. Hamlet
d. AnnieGetYourGun
9.
InSonnet130,WilliamShakespearedrawsonsight,soundandsmellwhenhecompareshismistress'
eyestothesun,herlipstoredcoral,herbreaststowhitesnow,herhairtoblackwires,hercheeksto
redandwhiteroses,herbreathtoperfumeandhervoicetomusic.
Whichliteraryelementisbeingused?
a. Repetition
b. Rhyme
c. Imagery
d. Alliteration
10. Sonnet130suggeststhathismistress'hairismadeofblackwire,herbreathreeks,herbreastsare
grayishbrownandhervoiceisgrating.
a. Rhyme
b. Satire
c. Hyperbole
d. Alliteratioin
11. InwritingSonnet130,WilliamShakespearewasgentlypokingfunattheconventionalromanticpoems
thatwerebeingwrittenbyotherpoets.Inpointingoutthathismistress'eyesarenotmorebeautiful
thanthesun,thatherhairisnotmadeofgoldthreads,thathercheeksarenotasredasrosesand
thatherbreathisnotfinerthanperfume,hewasabletomaketheargumentthathelovesherjustthe
sameforwhosheisandnotforanunrealisticidealizednotionofbeauty.
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Satire
d. Metaphor
12. Whatwordin"Sonnet18"signalsashiftinthepoem?
a. And
b. But
c. Nor
d. By
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