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A) 1588 B) 1616 C) 1609 D) 1599
A) 120 B) 100 C) 200 D) 154
A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG B) ABC ABC DEF DEF C) AABB CCDD EEFF GG D) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
A) Anapestic hexameter B) Dactylic dimeter C) Iambic pentameter D) Trochaic tetrameter
A) The poem itself B) War memorials C) Masonry structures D) Statues of princes
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
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
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
A) The power of war B) The grandeur of monuments C) The epithet 'sluttish time' D) The beauty of the young man
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
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
A) The keyword 'live' B) The beauty of nature C) The glory of war D) The inevitability of death
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
A) The Globe Theatre B) The British Museum C) Westminster Abbey D) The Folger Library
A) Cursive script B) Secretary hand C) Gothic script D) Italic hand
A) "Eternal spring" B) "Silent night" C) "Sluttish time" D) "Golden age"
A) "Living" B) "Obvious" C) "Shining" D) "Besmeared"
A) They shine brighter. B) They transform into golden statues. C) They become 'unswept stone besmeared'. D) They are celebrated by all.
A) War B) Death C) Time D) Love
A) "Live" B) "Forget" C) "Remember" D) "Die"
A) 17th Century B) 16th Century C) 19th Century D) 18th Century
A) Blue ink B) Red ink C) Brown ink D) Black ink
A) The Tower of London B) St. Paul's Cathedral C) Westminster Abbey D) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
A) Sonnet 55 B) Sonnet 18 C) Sonnet 116 D) Sonnet 73
A) An unknown author B) Richard Briers C) Robert Evans D) William Shakespeare
A) Rival Poet sequence B) Fair Youth sequence C) Procreation sequence D) Dark Lady sequence
A) Two B) Four C) One D) Three
A) Two other epitaphs B) A collection of sonnets C) Letters from contemporaries D) A series of poems by Shakespeare |