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Sonnet 55 - Test
Sonnet
  • 1. In which year were William Shakespeare's sonnets published?
A) 1588
B) 1616
C) 1609
D) 1599
  • 2. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish in 1609?
A) 120
B) 100
C) 200
D) 154
  • 3. What is the rhyme scheme of a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet?
A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
B) ABC ABC DEF DEF
C) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
D) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
  • 4. What type of poetic metre is used in Sonnet 55?
A) Anapestic hexameter
B) Dactylic dimeter
C) Iambic pentameter
D) Trochaic tetrameter
  • 5. What does Sonnet 55 claim will outlast physical monuments?
A) The poem itself
B) War memorials
C) Masonry structures
D) Statues of princes
  • 6. Which ancient works are referenced in Sonnet 55?
A) Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Poetics
B) Horace's Odes and Ovid's Metamorphoses
C) Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
D) Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad
  • 7. What does John Crowe Ransom point out about the promises of immortality in Sonnet 55?
A) It guarantees eternal life for both the poet and the subject
B) It focuses on the poet's own immortality
C) The poem is self-refuting as it keeps the young man mostly hidden
D) It clearly describes the young man's physical features
  • 8. What does Lars Engle argue about Shakespeare's claim regarding poetry?
A) Shakespeare bestows immortality on another through his poetry, unlike Horace and Ovid who claimed it for themselves
B) Shakespeare claims that only royalty can achieve immortality
C) Engle believes Shakespeare's poetry is inferior to ancient works
D) He argues that statues are more enduring than poetry
  • 9. What does Ernest Fontana focus on in the second quatrain of Sonnet 55?
A) The power of war
B) The grandeur of monuments
C) The epithet 'sluttish time'
D) The beauty of the young man
  • 10. According to Fontana, what does Shakespeare's use of 'besmeared' imply?
A) It metaphorically refers to syphilis and its effects on the body
B) It highlights the resilience of masonry
C) It describes the weathering of stone statues
D) It signifies the purity of marble monuments
  • 11. How does Helen Vendler describe the speaker's attitude towards entities connected to the beloved?
A) The speaker bestows grandeur on them when connected to the beloved, but mocks them otherwise
B) The speaker always regards them with contempt
C) The speaker only focuses on their physical attributes
D) The speaker is indifferent to their connection to the beloved
  • 12. What theme does Vendler argue revolves around in Sonnet 55?
A) The keyword 'live'
B) The beauty of nature
C) The glory of war
D) The inevitability of death
  • 13. What does the couplet in Sonnet 55 suggest about the young man's existence?
A) He will cease to exist after his death
B) His existence is limited to the poem itself
C) 'Real' living is assigned to the day of the Last Judgment, but he also lives in memory and lovers' eyes
D) The young man will only live physically until the Last Judgment
  • 14. Where was an epitaph written in memory of Shakespeare found?
A) The Globe Theatre
B) The British Museum
C) Westminster Abbey
D) The Folger Library
  • 15. What style of handwriting was used for the epitaph found in the Folger Library?
A) Cursive script
B) Secretary hand
C) Gothic script
D) Italic hand
  • 16. What imagery is used in Sonnet 55 to describe time?
A) "Eternal spring"
B) "Silent night"
C) "Sluttish time"
D) "Golden age"
  • 17. Which word does Ernest Fontana suggest Shakespeare intended as a metaphor for venereal disease?
A) "Living"
B) "Obvious"
C) "Shining"
D) "Besmeared"
  • 18. How does Helen Vendler describe the transformation of monuments in Sonnet 55 when they are not connected to the beloved?
A) They shine brighter.
B) They transform into golden statues.
C) They become 'unswept stone besmeared'.
D) They are celebrated by all.
  • 19. What is the central theme of Sonnet 55 according to Helen Vendler?
A) War
B) Death
C) Time
D) Love
  • 20. Which word does Vendler identify as revolving around in Sonnet 55, indicating different aspects of life and memory?
A) "Live"
B) "Forget"
C) "Remember"
D) "Die"
  • 21. In what century was the secretary hand style of handwriting commonly used?
A) 17th Century
B) 16th Century
C) 19th Century
D) 18th Century
  • 22. What color ink was the epitaph written in?
A) Blue ink
B) Red ink
C) Brown ink
D) Black ink
  • 23. Where is Shakespeare buried?
A) The Tower of London
B) St. Paul's Cathedral
C) Westminster Abbey
D) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 24. Which sonnet contains lines echoed in the epitaph found for Shakespeare?
A) Sonnet 55
B) Sonnet 18
C) Sonnet 116
D) Sonnet 73
  • 25. Who discovered the epitaph in the Folger Library?
A) An unknown author
B) Richard Briers
C) Robert Evans
D) William Shakespeare
  • 26. What sequence is Sonnet 55 a part of?
A) Rival Poet sequence
B) Fair Youth sequence
C) Procreation sequence
D) Dark Lady sequence
  • 27. How many quatrains does an English sonnet contain?
A) Two
B) Four
C) One
D) Three
  • 28. Between which other items were the lines of the verse found?
A) Two other epitaphs
B) A collection of sonnets
C) Letters from contemporaries
D) A series of poems by Shakespeare
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