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1. What is a sonnet?
a.a fourteen line rhyming poem
b.a sixteen line unrhymed poem
c.a type of villanelle
d.a longer version of the haiku
2. Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?
a.English sonnet
b.Italian sonnet
c.Draconian sonnet
d.Petrarchan sonnet
3. Which of the following is true?
a.Sonnets are a type of ballad
b.Ballads are often adapted to song
c.Villanelles are simple, short poems
d.Villanelles are a type of sonnet
4. What is a characteristic of the sonnet?
a.It is in iambic pentameter
b.It rhymes
c.It has an octave and sestet
d.All of the above
1. Shakespeare's sonnets were first published in 1609. But there is an earlier reference to the sonnets in the book "Palladis Tamia, Wit's Treasury," by Francis Meres in 1598. What word does Meres use to describe the sonnets?
Powerful
Sugared
Secret
Lyrical
2. Although Shakespeare's sonnets were not published until 1609, two of them had previously appeared in which 1599 anthology?
The Model of Poesy
A Divine Century of Spiritual Sonnets
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
The Passionate Pilgrim
3. In 1609, Thomas Thorpe published "Shake-Speares Sonnets" and noted that they were "Never before Imprinted." How many sonnets appear in the book?
100
154
123
201
4. One thing that has puzzled scholars for centuries is Thomas Thorpe's dedication, which reads as follows: "To the only begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W.H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth T.T." T.T. are the initials of the publisher, Thomas Thorpe. Why is the phrase "ever-living poet" considered particularly unusual?
It occurs in no other dedication of the time
It implies that the author is dead
It usually refered only to Greek or Roman poets
It most often refered to female writers
5. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains written in iambic pentameter, with a concluding couplet, and a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. Do all of the sonnets conform to this pattern?
Yes
No
6. Many of the sonnets appear to be addressed to a woman. What is she popularly known as?
The Secret Mistress
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Sonnets
The Dark Lady
7. Sonnets 78 through 86 appear to be addressed to another writer. What is he usually called?
The Rival Poet
The Gifted Adversary
The Divine Muse
The Literary Foe
8. The sonnets seem to be highly personal and autobiographical. They talk of disgrace, exile, and betrayal. Why is this a problem for some scholars?
They are in conflict with the themes of his plays
It was unusual for poets to write about their personal lives
None of the events can be connected to Shakespeare's life
They show Shakespeare in a poor light
9. In 1994, A.D. "Dolly" Wraight published a book called "The Story That the Sonnets Tell." She claimed that the publisher, Thomas Thorpe, had deliberately rearranged the order of the sonnets to create confusion. Had they been published in the proper order, the true author would have been immediately apparent. Rejecting Shakespeare as the author, who did Wraight claim had written the sonnets?
Ben Jonson
Francis Bacon
The Earl of Oxford
Christopher Marlowe
10. Was "Shake-Speares Sonnets" a "best seller"?
Yes
No
a.a fourteen line rhyming poem
b.a sixteen line unrhymed poem
c.a type of villanelle
d.a longer version of the haiku
2. Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?
a.English sonnet
b.Italian sonnet
c.Draconian sonnet
d.Petrarchan sonnet
3. Which of the following is true?
a.Sonnets are a type of ballad
b.Ballads are often adapted to song
c.Villanelles are simple, short poems
d.Villanelles are a type of sonnet
4. What is a characteristic of the sonnet?
a.It is in iambic pentameter
b.It rhymes
c.It has an octave and sestet
d.All of the above
1. Shakespeare's sonnets were first published in 1609. But there is an earlier reference to the sonnets in the book "Palladis Tamia, Wit's Treasury," by Francis Meres in 1598. What word does Meres use to describe the sonnets?
Powerful
Sugared
Secret
Lyrical
2. Although Shakespeare's sonnets were not published until 1609, two of them had previously appeared in which 1599 anthology?
The Model of Poesy
A Divine Century of Spiritual Sonnets
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
The Passionate Pilgrim
3. In 1609, Thomas Thorpe published "Shake-Speares Sonnets" and noted that they were "Never before Imprinted." How many sonnets appear in the book?
100
154
123
201
4. One thing that has puzzled scholars for centuries is Thomas Thorpe's dedication, which reads as follows: "To the only begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W.H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth T.T." T.T. are the initials of the publisher, Thomas Thorpe. Why is the phrase "ever-living poet" considered particularly unusual?
It occurs in no other dedication of the time
It implies that the author is dead
It usually refered only to Greek or Roman poets
It most often refered to female writers
5. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains written in iambic pentameter, with a concluding couplet, and a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. Do all of the sonnets conform to this pattern?
Yes
No
6. Many of the sonnets appear to be addressed to a woman. What is she popularly known as?
The Secret Mistress
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Sonnets
The Dark Lady
7. Sonnets 78 through 86 appear to be addressed to another writer. What is he usually called?
The Rival Poet
The Gifted Adversary
The Divine Muse
The Literary Foe
8. The sonnets seem to be highly personal and autobiographical. They talk of disgrace, exile, and betrayal. Why is this a problem for some scholars?
They are in conflict with the themes of his plays
It was unusual for poets to write about their personal lives
None of the events can be connected to Shakespeare's life
They show Shakespeare in a poor light
9. In 1994, A.D. "Dolly" Wraight published a book called "The Story That the Sonnets Tell." She claimed that the publisher, Thomas Thorpe, had deliberately rearranged the order of the sonnets to create confusion. Had they been published in the proper order, the true author would have been immediately apparent. Rejecting Shakespeare as the author, who did Wraight claim had written the sonnets?
Ben Jonson
Francis Bacon
The Earl of Oxford
Christopher Marlowe
10. Was "Shake-Speares Sonnets" a "best seller"?
Yes
No
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