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Bard Bio and Sonnet Style
Bard Bio and Sonnet Style
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A couplet is a group of ___ lines of verse that rhyme, and a ____ is a group of four lines.
two, quatrain
twelve, quatrain
four, tercet
eight, sestet
2
Where was Shakespeare born?
Paris
Stratford-upon-Avon
France
Sweden
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How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
16
12
18
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What was Shakespeare's job at the theater?
Wrote Plays
Directed Plays
Managed Globe theater's business affairs
All of These
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Who is the most renowned Italian sonnet writer?
Petrarch
Henry David Thoreau
Thomas Wyatt
Shakespeare
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What is one way that Romeo and Juliet is different than other tragedies written before it?
It has no men in it.
It was banned by Queen Elizabeth.
It contains romance, which was normally found in comedies.
I has more death than previous tragedies.
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Where did sonnets first become popular?
U.S.A
Sonnets were never popular.
Italy
England
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During what century was Shakespeare born?
14th Century (1400s)
16th Century (1500s)
12th Century (1100s)
17th Century (1600s)
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"Try, you must." This famous inverted sentence was spoken by ---.
Yoda
Cookie Monster
Petrarch
Big Bird
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What is a simile?
a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
a group of four lines in a poem
a metaphor about a woman's beauty
a pair of rhyming lines
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Who ruled England while Shakespeare was a writer?
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Queen Victoria
Queen Anne
