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Sonnet 55 - Quiz
Sonnet
  • 1. In which year were William Shakespeare's sonnets published?
A) 1599
B) 1616
C) 1588
D) 1609
  • 2. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish in 1609?
A) 154
B) 120
C) 200
D) 100
  • 3. What is the rhyme scheme of a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet?
A) ABC ABC DEF DEF
B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
C) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • 4. What type of poetic metre is used in Sonnet 55?
A) Anapestic hexameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Dactylic dimeter
D) Iambic pentameter
  • 5. What does Sonnet 55 claim will outlast physical monuments?
A) Masonry structures
B) Statues of princes
C) The poem itself
D) War memorials
  • 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) Horace's Odes and Ovid's Metamorphoses
D) Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
  • 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 guarantees eternal life for both the poet and the subject
D) It focuses on the poet's own immortality
  • 8. What does Lars Engle argue about Shakespeare's claim regarding poetry?
A) He argues that statues are more enduring than poetry
B) Shakespeare bestows immortality on another through his poetry, unlike Horace and Ovid who claimed it for themselves
C) Engle believes Shakespeare's poetry is inferior to ancient works
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 beauty of the young man
C) The power of war
D) The grandeur of monuments
  • 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 signifies the purity of marble monuments
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 is indifferent to their connection to the beloved
B) The speaker only focuses on their physical attributes
C) The speaker always regards them with contempt
D) The speaker bestows grandeur on them when connected to the beloved, but mocks them otherwise
  • 12. What theme does Vendler argue revolves around in Sonnet 55?
A) The glory of war
B) The beauty of nature
C) The keyword 'live'
D) The inevitability of death
  • 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) His existence is limited to the poem itself
C) He will cease to exist after his death
D) 'Real' living is assigned to the day of the Last Judgment, but he also lives in memory and lovers' eyes
  • 14. Where was an epitaph written in memory of Shakespeare found?
A) The Globe Theatre
B) The British Museum
C) The Folger Library
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 15. What style of handwriting was used for the epitaph found in the Folger Library?
A) Secretary hand
B) Italic hand
C) Gothic script
D) Cursive script
  • 16. What imagery is used in Sonnet 55 to describe time?
A) "Golden age"
B) "Sluttish time"
C) "Silent night"
D) "Eternal spring"
  • 17. Which word does Ernest Fontana suggest Shakespeare intended as a metaphor for venereal disease?
A) "Living"
B) "Shining"
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 become 'unswept stone besmeared'.
C) They transform into golden statues.
D) They shine brighter.
  • 19. What is the central theme of Sonnet 55 according to Helen Vendler?
A) War
B) Death
C) Love
D) Time
  • 20. Which word does Vendler identify as revolving around in Sonnet 55, indicating different aspects of life and memory?
A) "Remember"
B) "Live"
C) "Forget"
D) "Die"
  • 21. In what century was the secretary hand style of handwriting commonly used?
A) 19th Century
B) 17th Century
C) 16th Century
D) 18th Century
  • 22. What color ink was the epitaph written in?
A) Red ink
B) Blue 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 116
B) Sonnet 18
C) Sonnet 73
D) Sonnet 55
  • 25. Who discovered the epitaph in the Folger Library?
A) Richard Briers
B) Robert Evans
C) William Shakespeare
D) An unknown author
  • 26. What sequence is Sonnet 55 a part of?
A) Dark Lady sequence
B) Fair Youth sequence
C) Rival Poet sequence
D) Procreation sequence
  • 27. How many quatrains does an English sonnet contain?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
  • 28. Between which other items were the lines of the verse found?
A) A collection of sonnets
B) Letters from contemporaries
C) A series of poems by Shakespeare
D) Two other epitaphs
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