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