A) 1599 B) 1588 C) 1616 D) 1609
A) 154 B) 200 C) 100 D) 120
A) ABC ABC DEF DEF B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG C) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
A) Anapestic hexameter B) Dactylic dimeter C) Iambic pentameter D) Trochaic tetrameter
A) Statues of princes B) The poem itself C) Masonry structures D) War memorials
A) Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad B) Horace's Odes and Ovid's Metamorphoses C) Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Poetics D) Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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) He argues that statues are more enduring than poetry C) Shakespeare claims that only royalty can achieve immortality D) Engle believes Shakespeare's poetry is inferior to ancient works
A) The epithet 'sluttish time' B) The beauty of the young man C) The grandeur of monuments D) The power of war
A) It highlights the resilience of masonry B) It describes the weathering of stone statues C) It metaphorically refers to syphilis and its effects on the body D) It signifies the purity of marble monuments
A) The speaker only focuses on their physical attributes B) The speaker is indifferent to their connection to the beloved C) The speaker bestows grandeur on them when connected to the beloved, but mocks them otherwise D) The speaker always regards them with contempt
A) The inevitability of death B) The beauty of nature C) The glory of war D) The keyword 'live'
A) His existence is limited to the poem itself B) He will cease to exist after his death 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) Westminster Abbey B) The British Museum C) The Globe Theatre D) The Folger Library
A) Gothic script B) Italic hand C) Secretary hand D) Cursive script
A) "Golden age" B) "Sluttish time" C) "Eternal spring" D) "Silent night"
A) "Living" B) "Shining" C) "Obvious" D) "Besmeared"
A) They transform into golden statues. B) They become 'unswept stone besmeared'. C) They are celebrated by all. D) They shine brighter.
A) War B) Love C) Time D) Death
A) "Remember" B) "Live" C) "Die" D) "Forget"
A) 18th Century B) 16th Century C) 17th Century D) 19th Century
A) Brown ink B) Blue ink C) Black ink D) Red ink
A) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon B) Westminster Abbey C) The Tower of London D) St. Paul's Cathedral
A) Sonnet 18 B) Sonnet 73 C) Sonnet 55 D) Sonnet 116
A) An unknown author B) William Shakespeare C) Robert Evans D) Richard Briers |