Sonnet 130
  • 1. In which year was Sonnet 130 published?
A) 1588
B) 1599
C) 1609
D) 1616
  • 2. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish in total?
A) 150
B) 126
C) 154
D) 160
  • 3. What type of sonnet is Sonnet 130?
A) Spenserian
B) Petrarchan
C) Horatian
D) English or Shakespearean
  • 4. What rhyme scheme does Sonnet 130 follow?
A) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
C) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
D) ABC ABC DEF DEF GG
  • 5. What poetic meter is used in Sonnet 130?
A) Anapestic trimeter
B) Dactylic hexameter
C) Trochaic tetrameter
D) Iambic pentameter
  • 6. What does Sonnet 130 satirize?
A) The use of iambic pentameter
B) The structure of traditional sonnets
C) The theme of unrequited love
D) The conventions of ideal beauty in courtly sonnets
  • 7. Which poet's work is suggested as a possible influence on Sonnet 130?
A) Milton
B) Spenser
C) Chaucer
D) Petrarch
  • 8. What does the final couplet of Sonnet 130 imply about the speaker's mistress?
A) She is more worthy of love than those praised with false comparisons
B) She is as beautiful as nature itself
C) She lacks beauty compared to other women
D) She is not worth any praise
  • 9. Which poet's work does Patrick Crutwell suggest Sonnet 130 may satirize?
A) Richard Linche
B) Thomas Watson
C) Michael Drayton
D) Barnabe Barnes
  • 10. What is the metrical variation found in line 2 of Sonnet 130?
A) Mid-line reversal
B) Initial reversal
C) Spondaic substitution
D) Pyrrhic substitution
  • 11. What does William Flesch believe about the nature of Sonnet 130?
A) It is purely derisive and mocks the mistress
B) It is an example of idealized beauty
C) It follows conventional sonnet themes
D) It acts as a compliment by acknowledging true qualities
  • 12. How does Sonnet 130 compare the speaker's mistress to natural beauties?
A) By using exaggerated metaphors
B) By equating her beauty with that of nature
C) By highlighting her inadequacy in such comparisons
D) By ignoring any comparison altogether
  • 13. What does E. G. Rogers suggest about the source of inspiration for Sonnet 130?
A) Michael Drayton's poems
B) Thomas Watson's 'Passionate Century of Love' only
C) Barnabe Barnes' sonnets
D) Richard Linche's poem collection 'Diella'
  • 14. What does the phrase 'false compare' in the final couplet refer to?
A) Misrepresentations of beauty by other poets
B) The speaker's own exaggerated comparisons
C) An accurate depiction of his mistress
D) A comparison between heaven and earth
  • 15. What is the significance of the final couplet in Sonnet 130?
A) It concludes with a negative view of the mistress
B) It praises the mistress using Petrarchan imagery
C) It introduces new metaphors for beauty
D) It asserts genuine love despite lack of idealized comparisons
  • 16. What is the implication of 'heaven' functioning as one syllable in line 13?
A) It emphasizes the divine nature of love
B) It introduces a new rhyme scheme
C) It maintains the iambic pentameter structure
D) It breaks from traditional sonnet form
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