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Sonnet 55 - Test
Sonnet
  • 1. In which year were William Shakespeare's sonnets published?
A) 1609
B) 1588
C) 1599
D) 1616
  • 2. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish in 1609?
A) 200
B) 120
C) 154
D) 100
  • 3. What is the rhyme scheme of a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet?
A) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
B) ABC ABC DEF DEF
C) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • 4. What type of poetic metre is used in Sonnet 55?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Anapestic hexameter
C) Dactylic dimeter
D) Trochaic tetrameter
  • 5. What does Sonnet 55 claim will outlast physical monuments?
A) Statues of princes
B) Masonry structures
C) War memorials
D) The poem itself
  • 6. Which ancient works are referenced in Sonnet 55?
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
  • 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 clearly describes the young man's physical features
C) It focuses on the poet's own immortality
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) 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 grandeur of monuments
B) The power of war
C) The epithet 'sluttish time'
D) The beauty of the young man
  • 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 always regards them with contempt
B) The speaker bestows grandeur on them when connected to the beloved, but mocks them otherwise
C) The speaker is indifferent to their connection to the beloved
D) The speaker only focuses on their physical attributes
  • 12. What theme does Vendler argue revolves around in Sonnet 55?
A) The glory of war
B) The keyword 'live'
C) The inevitability of death
D) The beauty of nature
  • 13. What does the couplet in Sonnet 55 suggest about the young man's existence?
A) He will cease to exist after his death
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) His existence is limited to the poem itself
  • 14. Where was an epitaph written in memory of Shakespeare found?
A) The British Museum
B) The Folger Library
C) Westminster Abbey
D) The Globe Theatre
  • 15. What style of handwriting was used for the epitaph found in the Folger Library?
A) Secretary hand
B) Cursive script
C) Gothic script
D) Italic hand
  • 16. What imagery is used in Sonnet 55 to describe time?
A) "Golden age"
B) "Sluttish time"
C) "Eternal spring"
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 shine brighter.
B) They transform into golden statues.
C) They become 'unswept stone besmeared'.
D) They are celebrated by all.
  • 19. What is the central theme of Sonnet 55 according to Helen Vendler?
A) War
B) Time
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) "Live"
D) "Remember"
  • 21. In what century was the secretary hand style of handwriting commonly used?
A) 19th Century
B) 16th Century
C) 17th Century
D) 18th Century
  • 22. What color ink was the epitaph written in?
A) Red ink
B) Blue ink
C) Black ink
D) Brown ink
  • 23. Where is Shakespeare buried?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) The Tower of London
C) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
D) St. Paul's Cathedral
  • 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) An unknown author
B) Richard Briers
C) Robert Evans
D) William Shakespeare
  • 26. What sequence is Sonnet 55 a part of?
A) Rival Poet sequence
B) Dark Lady sequence
C) Procreation sequence
D) Fair Youth sequence
  • 27. How many quatrains does an English sonnet contain?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
  • 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) Letters from contemporaries
D) Two other epitaphs
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