Multiple Choice Question Poetry Section Shakespeares Sonnets Part

Multiple Choice Question Poetry Section Shakespeare’s Sonnets Part 1 By Dr. Abhishek Kumar Department of English, A. P. S. M. College, Barauni L. N. M. University, Darbhanga 01 July 2020

1. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write? a) 150 b) 125 c) 200 d) 154 2. William Shakespeare belongs to ………………. . a) Jacobean Age b) Elizabethan Age c) Chaucer Age d) Romantic Age 3. Which of the following best describes a quatrain? a) A four-line, typically rhyming unit of verse b) A poem of fourteen lines, typically featuring rhyme, meter, and logical structure c) A type of metrical foot d) None of these.

4. a) b) c) d) 5. a) b) c) d) 6. a) b) c) d) William Shakespeare was Born in ……………… 1602 1598 1564 1340 How many lines consists a sonnet? 14 12 8 32 From sonnets 127 to 154 were dedicated to ……………. . The Fair Youth The Fair Lady Shakespeare’s Friend Shakespeare’s children

7. a) b) c) d) 8. a) b) c) d) 9. a) b) c) d) The Shakespearean sonnet is made of ………………. . 8+6 3+3+2 4+4+4+2 None of these Shakespearean sonnets are in………………. . Iambic pentameter Trochaic Dactylic None of these What is the rhyming scheme of Shakespeare’s sonnet? abab cdcd efef gg abab cdcd efef ghgh. . . abab bcbc cdcd ee None of these

Answer Keys 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A

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