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