Question 1

Who introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England?

Accepted Answer

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Answer

John Donne

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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William Shakespeare

Question 2

How many quatrains and a couplet make up a Shakespearean sonnet?

Accepted Answer

Three quatrains and a couplet

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Five quatrains and a couplet

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Four quatrains and a couplet

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Two quatrains and a couplet

Question 3

What is a conceit in a sonnet?

Accepted Answer

An elaborate extended metaphor

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A type of punctuation

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A type of sonnet

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A rhyme scheme

Question 4

Which queen was venerated in Elizabethan sonnet collections?

Accepted Answer

Queen Elizabeth I

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Catherine the Great

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Queen Victoria

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Question 5

What is the traditional theme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Accepted Answer

Love and desire for a lady

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Religion and spirituality

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War and conflict

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Nature and beauty

Question 6

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Accepted Answer

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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AAAA BBBB CCCC DD

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ABBA ABBA CDDC EE

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ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO

Question 7

What literary device is frequently used in sonnets to express the conflict of love?

Accepted Answer

Oxymoron

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Hyperbole

Question 8

Who revived the popularity of the sonnet in the Romantic era?

Accepted Answer

Romantic poets

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Enlightenment philosophers

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Gothic novelists

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Victorian poets

Question 9

Which poets introduced the Petrarchan sonnet to English literature?

Accepted Answer

Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

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Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron

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Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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John Milton and Andrew Marvell

Question 10

What is the main difference between the Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnet forms?

Accepted Answer

Rhyme scheme

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Number of lines

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Language used

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Meter and rhythm

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