The first sonnet form invented was the____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Where does the sonnet form originate from ?

   A. England
   B. Spain
   C. France
   D. Italy

2. The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter ?

   A. Trochaic trimeter
   B. Terza rima
   C. Iambic pentameter
   D. Anapestic pentameter

3. What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period ?

   A. “Astrophil and Stella”
   B. “Utopia”
   C. “Paradise Lost”
   D. “Canterbury Tales”

4. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that William Wordsworth made his debut as a writer by publishing a sonnet ?

   A. The European Magazine
   B. New Poetry
   C. The Tatler
   D. The Rambler

5. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 153” is what kind of poem ?

   A. A poem about death
   B. A poem about love
   C. A poem about writing poetry
   D. A poem about Shakespeare and his father

6. Which of the following statements about a sonnet is false ?

   A. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines.
   B. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-ef,g-g.
   C. A sonnet is only written in Italian.
   D. The last two lines of a sonnet are a rhyming couplet.

7. To whom did Edmund Spenser addresses his sonnet sequence Amoretti ?

   A. Lisa Boyle
   B. Mary Jane
   C. Queen Elizabeth
   D. Elizabeth Boyle

8. What is a sonnet ?

   A. A poem of six lines
   B. A poem of eight lines
   C. A poem of twelve lines
   D. A poem of fourteen lines

9. In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”, the poet does which of the following ?

   A. Compares his love to a winter storm
   B. Compares his love to a summer’s day
   C. Compares his love to a turbulent sea
   D. Compares his love to his fear of death

10. How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?

    A. 10
    B. 16
    C. 14
    D. 22