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