A) 200 B) 126 C) 154 D) 160
A) Henry V B) Much Ado About Nothing C) Love's Labour's Lost D) Romeo and Juliet
A) A fictional character with no historical basis B) William Hughes, a young actor C) An unnamed young man addressed by the poet D) Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG B) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE C) AABB CCDD EEFF GG D) ABC ABC DEF DEF GG
A) The Rival Poet B) The Dark Lady C) The narrator D) The Fair Youth
A) 154 sonnets B) 47 seven-line stanzas written in rhyme royal C) Three quatrains and a final couplet D) An epic poem
A) Ben Jonson B) A composite of several poets C) Francis Davison D) John Davies of Hereford
A) Lust and homoeroticism B) Admiration for the youth's beauty and a plea to marry and have children C) Infidelity and betrayal D) Rejection and independence
A) Shakespeare's Sonnets B) Paradise Lost C) The Canterbury Tales D) Leaves of Grass
A) The beginning of the poem B) A turn or shift in thought or mood C) The end of the poem D) A repetition of ideas
A) Henry V B) Much Ado About Nothing C) Romeo and Juliet D) Love's Labour's Lost
A) It identifies him as the Fair Youth B) It reveals him to be the Dark Lady C) It confirms Mr. W.H. as the author D) It is a subject of speculation regarding his identity
A) Petrarchan sonnet B) English or Shakespearean sonnet C) Free verse D) Spenserian sonnet
A) The adventures of a knight B) The misery of a woman victimized by male desire C) The beauty of nature D) The triumphs of love
A) Romeo and Juliet B) Henry V C) Much Ado About Nothing D) Love's Labour's Lost
A) They are written in rhyme royal B) They follow the Shakespearean sonnet form C) They consist of three quatrains and a couplet D) They are free verse
A) William Hughes B) Edward Alleyn C) Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton D) Ben Jonson
A) Admiration for her intelligence B) Rejection of her advances C) Praise for her beauty D) Overt sexuality and a defiant departure from traditional themes
A) Trochaic tetrameter B) Iambic pentameter C) Anapestic trimeter D) Dactylic hexameter
A) Much Ado About Nothing B) All’s Well that Ends Well C) Romeo and Juliet D) Henry V
A) George Eld B) William Shakespeare C) Edward Alleyn D) Thomas Thorpe
A) Venus and Adonis B) The Phoenix and the Turtle C) A Lover's Complaint D) The Rape of Lucrece
A) 14 B) 28 C) 40 D) 126
A) Thomas Thorpe B) William Aspley C) John Wright D) George Eld
A) ABABCDCDEFEFGG B) AABBCCDDEEFFGG C) ABBAABBACDCDCD D) ABABBCBCCDCDDC
A) Eight B) Five C) Thirteen D) Twenty
A) The Earl of Southampton B) Mr. W.H. C) William Shakespeare D) Thomas Thorpe
A) Volpone B) The Alchemist C) Epigrammes (1616) D) Every Man in His Humour
A) William Haughton B) Ben Jonson C) Thomas Kyd D) Christopher Marlowe
A) Richard Burbage B) Edward Alleyn C) William Hart D) Hamnet Shakespeare
A) Resolution B) Volta C) Denouement D) Climax
A) Thomas Tyrwhitt B) Edmund Malone C) Oscar Wilde D) Samuel Johnson
A) Male lead roles B) Comedic roles C) Female roles D) Villainous roles
A) 20 B) 30 C) 26 D) 15
A) 1609 B) 1616 C) 1588 D) 1592
A) 1597 B) 1598 C) 1609 D) 1612
A) William Jaggard B) Francis Meres C) Thomas Heywood D) Edmond Malone
A) The Passionate Pilgrime B) Shakespeare's Sonnets C) Poems: Written by Wil. Shakespeare Gent D) Palladis Tamia
A) Francis Meres B) Shakespeare C) Edmond Malone D) John Benson
A) Admiringly B) Scornfully C) With great respect D) Indifferently
A) Biographical aspects. B) Cultural context. C) Literary ambition. D) Linguistic structure.
A) Historical criticism. B) Cultural criticism. C) New Criticism. D) Biographical criticism.
A) Having experts simplify double meanings. B) Dealing with perplexity on their own. C) Focusing only on concrete meanings. D) Ignoring abstract meanings.
A) Widely celebrated. B) Relatively low. C) Highly esteemed. D) Unknown.
A) Sir Philip Sidney. B) William Shakespeare. C) Edmund Spenser. D) John Milton.
A) Only once. B) Never. C) Twice. D) Many times.
A) Lord Berowne B) Dumaine C) Lord Longaville D) King of Navarre
A) Four B) One C) Two D) Three
A) Henry V B) Love's Labour's Lost C) Romeo and Juliet D) Much Ado About Nothing
A) 1612 B) 1588 C) 1596 D) 1601
A) "my love is as a fever longing still" B) "that time of year thou mayst in me behold" C) "scarlet ornaments" D) "budding of this purple bud" |