Shakespeare and Sonnets Test Review

How many syllables are in an iambic foot?

What pattern does the Rhyme scheme follow?

Elizabeth I supported the arts.

The turning point of the sonnet is called the what?

Shakespeare was married at the age of

What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Iambic Pentameter sounds like a what?

Shakespeare's target audience was only the lower class.

What lines in a sonnet resolve the problem?

Sonnet 130 is mostly making fun of others sonnet writers for the way they write about women.

A sonnet has 14 lines with 3 couplets and 1 quatrain.

What does the word "impediments" mean?

In sonnet 130, Shakespeare's description of his mistress idealistic.

What is blank verse?

The Renaissance was a period of what?

What was the first acting company Shakespeare joined?

The genre of a play that ends happily is a...?

An iamb and iambic foot are the same thing.

What was the name of the theater?

What does Shakespeare negatively compare the woman's eyes to in sonnet 130?

What did Shakespeare change the name of the acting company to?

Which lines in a sonnet set up the problem or theme?

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays spanning over 3 different genres.

A stanza that has 2 lines in it is called a what?

What is a tempest?

Which is a rumored way of how Shakespeare died?

Where was Shakespeare born?

Where did Shakespeare move to begin his acting career?

King James did NOT support the arts.

What year was Shakespeare born?

What does this line from sonnet 116 mean?

What is the tone in Shakespeare's sonnet 130?

Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.

Who had built the first playhouse

What is a tragedy?

A pun is

What were groundlings?

What is an enjambment?

When did Shakespeare die?

What changes the speakers mood in sonnet 29?

Young men played women's roles in the theater.

What was the disease killing everyone at this time?

The theater was the popular hangout spot during Shakespeare's time.