sonnets test

Question 1

His sonnets are written on the dominant theme of love-

Answer 1

William Shakespeare

Question 2

Had a pet pig

Answer 2

Robert Herrick

Question 3

Who wrote “to his coy mistress”

Answer 3

Andrew Marvell

Question 4

Who wrote “the faerie queene”

Answer 4

Edmund Spencer

Question 5

Who wrote “to the virgins”

Answer 5

Robert Herrick

Question 6

Who wrote a 154 sonnets

Answer 6

William Shakespeare

Question 7

Who spent most of his time in Ireland

Answer 7

Edmund Spencer

Question 8

Who worked as a tutor before assisting john milton

Answer 8

Andrew Marvell

Question 9

Who became a priest

Answer 9

Robert Herrick

Question 10

Who became active in politics

Answer 10

Andrew Marvell

Question 11

Know the two types of sonnets

Answer 11

shakespearean and petrarchan

Question 12

How many lines are in a sonnet

Answer 12

14 lines

Question 13

Meter sonnets are usually written in

Answer 13

iambic pentameter

Question 14

Shakespeare’s sonnets are usually divided into three blanks and 1 blank.

Answer 14

Quatrains, a couplet

Question 15

Know sonnets which follow one another are called?

Answer 15

Sonnet Sequence

Question 16

Two characters from the faerie queene and what they stand for..

Answer 16

Duessa- Falsehood Una- Truth

Question 17

Two major characters in Shakespeare’s sonnets and what they stand for ( BE SPECIFIC)

Answer 17

A beloved young man/friend- usually spoken of fondly and praised
A dark woman- Often depicted as dark, malicious, and ordinary

Question 18

Three distinct sections in “to his coy mistress” and what are they about

Answer 18

1. The first section is a list of all the things he would do to praise her if there were enough time in the world.
2. The second section is a shift from timelessness to the limits of times and all that will be lost.
3. The final section is a seen as a plea to the young woman to take control of the time that they have

Question 19

Three ways that “To his coy mistress” And “To the Virgins” are the same

Answer 19

1. Both a carpe diem poem
2. Both are about love in some way( to his coy mistress - about love)(to the virgins- about marriahe and love)
3. Both are about time running out