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Sonnets
How much do you know about this type of poem?
Fun:
(2.38)
Difficulty:
(1.68)
Quiz ID: #22695
Category:
Literature
>
Poetry
Submitted By:
Shelilah
Question #1
Each line of a sonnet is written in iambic ___________.
Trimeter
Tetrameter
Pentameter
Hexameter
Heptameter
Question #2
_______ is one of the best-known writers of the English sonnet.
Your Answer:
2 words, 18 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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Question #3
The English sonnet consists of three _______, followed by a _______ at the end.
Couplets, quatrain
Couplets, sestet
Octaves, sestet
Quatrains, couplet
Quatrains, sestet
Question #4
The sonnet with a rhyme scheme of 'abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee' is called the _________ sonnet.
English
Italian
Modern
Occitan
Spenserian
Question #5
In the Italian sonnet, there is an octave describing a problem, followed by a sestet presenting a resolution.
True
False
Question #6
In "Romeo and Juliet", the prologue is a sonnet.
True
False
Question #7
The Italian sonnet is also called the _______ sonnet.
Your Answer:
1 word, 10 letters.
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Question #8
The first person to write a sonnet in the English language was _________.
Francesco Petrarch
John Milton
Sir Thomas Wyatt
William Shakespeare
William Wordsworth
Question #9
When did the sonnet first appear?
In the twelfth century
In the thirteenth century
In the fourteenth century
In the fifteenth century
In the sixteenth century
Question #10
The term sonnet came from the Occitan word "sonetto".
True
False
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