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Sonnet 55 - Test
Sonnet
  • 1. In which year were William Shakespeare's sonnets published?
A) 1588
B) 1609
C) 1616
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) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
C) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
D) ABC ABC DEF DEF
  • 4. What type of poetic metre is used in Sonnet 55?
A) Anapestic hexameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Trochaic tetrameter
D) Dactylic dimeter
  • 5. What does Sonnet 55 claim will outlast physical monuments?
A) Statues of princes
B) War memorials
C) Masonry structures
D) The poem itself
  • 6. Which ancient works are referenced in Sonnet 55?
A) Horace's Odes and Ovid's Metamorphoses
B) Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad
C) Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
D) Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Poetics
  • 7. What does John Crowe Ransom point out about the promises of immortality in Sonnet 55?
A) It focuses on the poet's own immortality
B) It clearly describes the young man's physical features
C) It guarantees eternal life for both the poet and the subject
D) The poem is self-refuting as it keeps the young man mostly hidden
  • 8. What does Lars Engle argue about Shakespeare's claim regarding poetry?
A) Shakespeare claims that only royalty can achieve immortality
B) He argues that statues are more enduring than poetry
C) Shakespeare bestows immortality on another through his poetry, unlike Horace and Ovid who claimed it for themselves
D) Engle believes Shakespeare's poetry is inferior to ancient works
  • 9. What does Ernest Fontana focus on in the second quatrain of Sonnet 55?
A) The beauty of the young man
B) The epithet 'sluttish time'
C) The grandeur of monuments
D) The power of war
  • 10. According to Fontana, what does Shakespeare's use of 'besmeared' imply?
A) It describes the weathering of stone statues
B) It highlights the resilience of masonry
C) It metaphorically refers to syphilis and its effects on the body
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 only focuses on their physical attributes
B) The speaker always regards them with contempt
C) The speaker bestows grandeur on them when connected to the beloved, but mocks them otherwise
D) The speaker is indifferent to their connection to the beloved
  • 12. What theme does Vendler argue revolves around in Sonnet 55?
A) The inevitability of death
B) The glory of war
C) The beauty of nature
D) The keyword 'live'
  • 13. What does the couplet in Sonnet 55 suggest about the young man's existence?
A) The young man will only live physically until the Last Judgment
B) 'Real' living is assigned to the day of the Last Judgment, but he also lives in memory and lovers' eyes
C) He will cease to exist after his death
D) His existence is limited to the poem itself
  • 14. Where was an epitaph written in memory of Shakespeare found?
A) The Folger Library
B) The Globe Theatre
C) Westminster Abbey
D) The British Museum
  • 15. What style of handwriting was used for the epitaph found in the Folger Library?
A) Gothic script
B) Secretary hand
C) Italic hand
D) Cursive script
  • 16. What imagery is used in Sonnet 55 to describe time?
A) "Eternal spring"
B) "Sluttish time"
C) "Silent night"
D) "Golden age"
  • 17. Which word does Ernest Fontana suggest Shakespeare intended as a metaphor for venereal disease?
A) "Shining"
B) "Obvious"
C) "Living"
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 become 'unswept stone besmeared'.
B) They transform into golden statues.
C) They shine brighter.
D) They are celebrated by all.
  • 19. What is the central theme of Sonnet 55 according to Helen Vendler?
A) Time
B) War
C) Love
D) Death
  • 20. Which word does Vendler identify as revolving around in Sonnet 55, indicating different aspects of life and memory?
A) "Forget"
B) "Die"
C) "Remember"
D) "Live"
  • 21. In what century was the secretary hand style of handwriting commonly used?
A) 18th Century
B) 17th Century
C) 19th Century
D) 16th Century
  • 22. What color ink was the epitaph written in?
A) Brown ink
B) Black ink
C) Blue ink
D) Red ink
  • 23. Where is Shakespeare buried?
A) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
B) St. Paul's Cathedral
C) The Tower of London
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 24. Which sonnet contains lines echoed in the epitaph found for Shakespeare?
A) Sonnet 116
B) Sonnet 73
C) Sonnet 18
D) Sonnet 55
  • 25. Who discovered the epitaph in the Folger Library?
A) Robert Evans
B) An unknown author
C) William Shakespeare
D) Richard Briers
  • 26. What sequence is Sonnet 55 a part of?
A) Fair Youth sequence
B) Dark Lady sequence
C) Procreation sequence
D) Rival Poet sequence
  • 27. How many quatrains does an English sonnet contain?
A) Three
B) Two
C) One
D) Four
  • 28. Between which other items were the lines of the verse found?
A) A collection of sonnets
B) A series of poems by Shakespeare
C) Two other epitaphs
D) Letters from contemporaries
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