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Shakespeare and Sonnets Test Review
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1
Iambic Pentameter sounds like a what?
metronome
grandfather clock
drum
heartbeat
2
What was the disease killing everyone at this time?
coronavirus
lyme disease
plague
scurvy
3
King James did NOT support the arts.
False
True
4
Who had built the first playhouse
William Dickens
Charles Darwin
James Burbage
Richard Burbage
5
When did Shakespeare die?
1564
1702
1616
1716
6
What did Shakespeare change the name of the acting company to?
The Globe Trotters
The King's Men
Lord Chamberlains Men
Shakespearean Players
7
The turning point of the sonnet is called the what?
volta
pun
couplet
iambic foot
8
A pun is
a play on words
the turning point of a sonnet
2 consecutive rhyming lines in a sonnet
unrhymed iambic pentameter
9
Shakespeare's target audience was only the lower class.
True
False
10
Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
England
Florence
Venice
Rome
11
What does this line from sonnet 116 mean?
Love makes cheeks and lips rosy from happiness
Love doesn't change with time even if beauty fades
Love is pain
Love doesn't last until old age
12
Young men played women's roles in the theater.
True
False
13
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.
False
True
14
What is an enjambment?
Two lines in a poem that rhyme with one another
Another word for Rhyme Scheme
Another word for Volta
Two lines in a sonnet that are supposed to be read together
15
The theater was the popular hangout spot during Shakespeare's time.
False
True
16
What does the word "impediments" mean?
That's not a real world
An obstacle
To take away
grayish-brown color
17
Where was Shakespeare born?
Binton
Stanford
Stratford
London
18
An iamb and iambic foot are the same thing.
True
False
19
What is blank verse?
when someone starts singing in a play
unrhymed iambic pentameter
another word for iambic feet
when a character has nothing to say
20
What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Juliet
Mary
Anne
Elizabeth
21
What is a tragedy?
play that ends weirdly
play that ends happily
play that ends suddenly
play that ends unhappily
22
What changes the speakers mood in sonnet 29?
Singing a song
Dancing
Thinking about pizza
Thinking about his Beloved
23
What is a tempest?
A violent storm
Something Shakespeare made up
A temper
A ship
24
What lines in a sonnet resolve the problem?
Lines 13-14
Lines 1-4
Lines 9-12
Lines 5-8
25
What were groundlings?
The producer
People that paid to sit in the balcony
People that paid to stand and watch the show
The actors that played female roles
26
Which is a rumored way of how Shakespeare died?
Cerebral hemorrhage
Pneumonia
The plague
Drank too much and got a fever
27
Which lines in a sonnet set up the problem or theme?
The first 4
The first 12
The last 2
The last 12
28
What pattern does the Rhyme scheme follow?
AABB-CCDD-EEFF-GG
ABBA-CDDC-EFFE-GG
ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG
ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-BB
29
What does Shakespeare negatively compare the woman's eyes to in sonnet 130?
Coral
A light
The sun
A rose
30
The genre of a play that ends happily is a...?
fiction
comedy
tragedy
historic
31
Where did Shakespeare move to begin his acting career?
Stratford
London
America
Florence
32
In sonnet 130, Shakespeare's description of his mistress idealistic.
False
True
33
The Renaissance was a period of what?
Anger and Devastation
Darkness and Oppression
Excitement and Change
Revival of the Art and Rebirth
34
Shakespeare was married at the age of
26
18
15
16
35
Sonnet 130 is mostly making fun of others sonnet writers for the way they write about women.
True
False
36
Elizabeth I supported the arts.
False
True
37
A stanza that has 2 lines in it is called a what?
Couplet
Verse
Quatrain
Blank Verse
38
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays spanning over 3 different genres.
False
True
39
How many syllables are in an iambic foot?
2
10
5
4
40
What year was Shakespeare born?
1604
1564
1554
1534
41
What was the name of the theater?
The Globe
The Oval
The Colosseum
The Stage
42
A sonnet has 14 lines with 3 couplets and 1 quatrain.
True
False
43
What was the first acting company Shakespeare joined?
Lord Chamberlains Men
The King's Men
Shakespearean Players
The Globe Trotters
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What is the tone in Shakespeare's sonnet 130?
Cheerful and Optimistic
Lighthearted and Realistic
Serious and Bleak
Hopeful and Exaggerated
