Love Sonnets – English Unit Exam
The key terms of English Unit Exam include, Iambic pentameter, Sonnets, Love.
Sonnets written in English are most commonly written in ____________.
iambic dimeter
iambic pentameter – correct
iambic tetrameter
iambic hexameter
What are the names of the eight-line section and the six-line section that combine to form the 14 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet?
an octave and a sestet – correct
a volta and an octave
a quatrain and a sestet
a quatrain and a couplet
Into what sections are the 14 lines of a Shakespearean sonnet divided?
The lines are divided into a sestet and an octave.
The lines are divided into two quatrains and two rhyming couplets.
The lines are divided into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. – correct
The lines are divided into two sestets and a rhyming couplet.
What is the central problem expressed through the speaker’s use of negative words and phrases in Petrarch’s Sonnet 18?
He cannot accept that his beloved has died.
He cannot understand what others see in his beloved.
He cannot find time to meet with his beloved.
He cannot capture his beloved’s beauty in verse. – correct
What do the speaker’s descriptions of his “wild disorder’d gestures” and “lovelorn looks” help to convey in Sonnet 28 by Petrarch?
He is extremely happy with his beloved.
He is in anguish over love. – correct
He wants people to hear about his love.
He is defiant in his refusal to love.
What is the speaker of Petrarch’s Sonnet 28 expressing when he says in line 13, “Where’er I wander, love attends me still”?
He is at least able to feel comforted thanks to the love of another.
He has been able to find some peace in his solitude in the natural world.
He does not want to be alone as he did earlier in the poem.
He cannot escape from his misery and lovesickness. – correct
What does the speaker in Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare mean when he says that he can “drown an eye”?
He can cry. – correct
He cannot swim.
He can forget.
He cannot see.
The speaker in Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare likens himself to a tree in late autumn, a day at twilight, and the glowing embers of a fire to suggest that he is ______.
old and close to death – correct
young and healthy
tall and thin
frightened and in need of comfort
What mood is created by the language of the first two quatrains of Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare?
fear
sadness – correct
pride
In lines 3 and 4 of Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, references to the “soul” and “ideal Grace” make readers view the love between the speaker and her beloved in _______.
scientific terms
intellectual terms
spiritual terms – correct
physical terms
In Sonnet 14 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the speaker tells her beloved not to love her because of the way she looks, sounds, or thinks because _________.
these traits are impermanent – correct
these traits are trivial
these traits are misleading
these traits are dangerous
Read this excerpt from Sonnet 11 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
This weary minstrel-life that once was girt
To climb Aornus, and can scarce avail
To pipe now ‘gainst the valley nightingale
A melancholy music—
What do the allusion to Aornus and the description of the speaker’s singing voice show readers about the speaker?
She once was strong, but now she is weak. – correct
She once was lonely, but now she is in love.
She once was humble, but now she is proud.
She once was ill, but now she is well.
The images of darkness and shadow in Sonnet 17 by Pablo Neruda are meant to suggest _________.
danger
shame
humor
intimacy – correct
Sonnet 17 by Pablo Neruda concludes with imagery that helps readers to picture ______.
the distance between the speaker and his beloved
the unity of the speaker and his beloved – correct
the mistrust between the speaker and his beloved
the fear the speaker has of losing his beloved
How are the images of darkness in Sonnet 79 by Pablo Neruda different from the images of darkness in his Sonnet 17?
In Sonnet 79, darkness is depicted as something that brings hope to the speaker and his beloved.
In Sonnet 79, darkness is depicted as a tool used by the speaker and his beloved.
In Sonnet 79, darkness is depicted as a threat to the speaker and his beloved. – correct
In Sonnet 79, darkness is depicted as something that comforts the speaker and his beloved.
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