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

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1. The Petrarchan sonnet is composed of how many lines ?

   A. 9
   B. 10
   C. 12
   D. 14

2. The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic ?

   A. Drugs
   B. Sex
   C. Animals
   D. Propaganda

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. The first sonnet form invented was the____________?

   The first sonnet form invented was the
   A. Spenserian
   B. Shakespearean
   C. Wordsworthian
   D. Petrarchan

5. Where does the sonnet form originate from ?

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

6. Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?

   A. the fractal
   B. the figment
   C. the fragment
   D. the aubade

7. Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?

   A. the fractal
   B. the figment
   C. the fragment
   D. the aubade

8. Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?

   A. Thomas Wyatt
   B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
   C. John Donne
   D. Both A and B

9. 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

10. How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?

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