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Sonnet 55 - Test
Sonnet
  • 1. In which year were William Shakespeare's sonnets published?
A) 1599
B) 1609
C) 1616
D) 1588
  • 2. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish in 1609?
A) 100
B) 200
C) 120
D) 154
  • 3. What is the rhyme scheme of a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet?
A) ABC ABC DEF DEF
B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
C) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
D) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
  • 4. What type of poetic metre is used in Sonnet 55?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Dactylic dimeter
C) Anapestic hexameter
D) Trochaic tetrameter
  • 5. What does Sonnet 55 claim will outlast physical monuments?
A) Statues of princes
B) The poem itself
C) War memorials
D) Masonry structures
  • 6. Which ancient works are referenced in Sonnet 55?
A) Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
B) Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Poetics
C) Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad
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) It guarantees eternal life for both the poet and the subject
B) It focuses on the poet's own immortality
C) It clearly describes the young man's physical features
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 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) He argues that statues are more enduring than poetry
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 signifies the purity of marble monuments
B) It highlights the resilience of masonry
C) It metaphorically refers to syphilis and its effects on the body
D) It describes the weathering of stone statues
  • 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 inevitability of death
B) The beauty of nature
C) The glory of war
D) The keyword 'live'
  • 13. What does the couplet in Sonnet 55 suggest about the young man's existence?
A) His existence is limited to the poem itself
B) The young man will only live physically until the Last Judgment
C) 'Real' living is assigned to the day of the Last Judgment, but he also lives in memory and lovers' eyes
D) He will cease to exist after his death
  • 14. Where was an epitaph written in memory of Shakespeare found?
A) The British Museum
B) The Folger Library
C) The Globe Theatre
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 15. What style of handwriting was used for the epitaph found in the Folger Library?
A) Gothic script
B) Secretary hand
C) Cursive script
D) Italic hand
  • 16. What imagery is used in Sonnet 55 to describe time?
A) "Silent night"
B) "Sluttish time"
C) "Golden age"
D) "Eternal spring"
  • 17. Which word does Ernest Fontana suggest Shakespeare intended as a metaphor for venereal disease?
A) "Besmeared"
B) "Living"
C) "Obvious"
D) "Shining"
  • 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 are celebrated by all.
C) They become 'unswept stone besmeared'.
D) They transform into golden statues.
  • 19. What is the central theme of Sonnet 55 according to Helen Vendler?
A) Love
B) War
C) Death
D) Time
  • 20. Which word does Vendler identify as revolving around in Sonnet 55, indicating different aspects of life and memory?
A) "Forget"
B) "Remember"
C) "Die"
D) "Live"
  • 21. In what century was the secretary hand style of handwriting commonly used?
A) 17th Century
B) 19th Century
C) 16th 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) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
C) Westminster Abbey
D) St. Paul's Cathedral
  • 24. Which sonnet contains lines echoed in the epitaph found for Shakespeare?
A) Sonnet 18
B) Sonnet 73
C) Sonnet 55
D) Sonnet 116
  • 25. Who discovered the epitaph in the Folger Library?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Richard Briers
C) An unknown author
D) Robert Evans
  • 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) Three
B) Four
C) Two
D) One
  • 28. Between which other items were the lines of the verse found?
A) A series of poems by Shakespeare
B) Letters from contemporaries
C) A collection of sonnets
D) Two other epitaphs
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