Sonnet Quiz

Question 1

Where did Shakespeare grow up?

Answer 1

Stratford-upon-Avon

Question 2

When was Shakespeare born?

Answer 2

April 23rd 1564

Question 3

When did Shakespeare die?

Answer 3

April 23rd 1616

Question 4

Which school did Shakespeare probably attend?

Answer 4

King’s New School

Question 5

What was the main language Shakespeare learned?

Answer 5

Latin

Question 6

Who did Shakespeare marry?

Answer 6

Anne Hathaway

Question 7

When did Shakespeare marry?

Answer 7

1582

Question 8

When did Shakespeare become a well known actor and playwright?

Answer 8

1592

Question 9

When did Shakespeare return to Stratford-upon-Avon?

Answer 9

between 1610 and 1613

Question 10

What were Shakespeare’s children?

Answer 10

Susanna and Judith (twins), Hamnet

Question 11

Which of Shakespeare’s children died young?

Answer 11

Hamnet

Question 12

What describes most of Shakespeare’s biographies?

Answer 12

they are full of legends

Question 13

What is Shakespeare’s nickname?

Answer 13

The Bard

Question 14

When did Shakespeare finish school?

Answer 14

1579 (at age 15)

Question 15

How many signatures did Shakespeare have?

Answer 15

6

Question 16

Who were Shakespeare’s parents?

Answer 16

John and Mary Shakespeare

Question 17

How many siblings did Shakespeare have?

Answer 17

8 (he was 3rd)

Question 18

What jobs did his dad have?

Answer 18

glovesmith and prehaps mayor

Question 19

What classes did Shakespeare take in school?

Answer 19

math, science, Latin, logic, Christianity, and classical literature

Question 20

What is strange about Shakespeare’s marriage?

Answer 20

his wife was pregnant before they were married

Question 21

What is the name of Shakespeare’s acting company?

Answer 21

The King’s Men (Lord Chamberlain’s Men)

Question 22

Where were most of Shakespeare’s early plays preformed?

Answer 22

London inns

Question 23

What were the two main types of theaters?

Answer 23

indoor and outdoor

Question 24

What was the first outdoor theater called?

Answer 24

The Theatre

Question 25

When was the first theater built?

Answer 25

1576

Question 26

Where were London playhouses?

Answer 26

outside of London's jurisdiction

Question 27

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

Answer 27

the Globe

Question 28

When was the Globe built?

Answer 28

1599

Question 29

When did the Globe burn down?

Answer 29

1613

Question 30

How did the Globe catch fire?

Answer 30

a canon used in Henry VIII set the roof on fire

Question 31

How many people could the Globe hold?

Answer 31

2000-3000

Question 32

What made up the floor of the Globe?

Answer 32

mortar, ash, and hazelnut shells

Question 33

What was the more expensive theater that Shakespeare's play were preformed in after 1608?

Answer 33

Blackfriars

Question 34

How were Shakespeare's plays different than modern plays?

Answer 34

no curtains, minimal set, all male actors

Question 35

What were the people called who stood while watching the plays?

Answer 35

Groundlings

Question 36

What was the name of Shakespeare's Tudor mansion in Stratford-upon-Avon?

Answer 36

New Place

Question 37

What were the lost years?

Answer 37

1585-1592

Question 38

What roles did Shakespeare play in his own works?

Answer 38

the Ghost in Hamlet and the French King

Question 39

What were the four types of plays Shakespeare wrote?

Answer 39

comedies, histories, tragedies, romances

Question 40

When was the bubonic plague?

Answer 40

1592-1594

Question 41

What closed the theaters and made Shakespeare write sonnets?

Answer 41

the Bubonic plague

Question 42

What did Shakespeare leave to Anne?

Answer 42

his second best bed

Question 43

What did Shakespeare leave most of his will to?

Answer 43

Susanna

Question 44

What was the name of the rival acting company?

Answer 44

The Lord Admiral's Men

Question 45

What are the characteristics of a sonnet?

Answer 45

lyric poem; 14 lines; iambic pentameter; definite rhyme scheme; single thought structure

Question 46

anticipatory set

Answer 46

set of 4 lines with abab rhyme scheme

Question 47

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

Answer 47

154

Question 48

How many sonnets did Petrarch write?

Answer 48

366

Question 49

How did Petrarch write to in his sonnets?

Answer 49

Laura

Question 50

Where did Petrarch live?

Answer 50

Tuscany, Italy

Question 51

What was Petrarch's job?

Answer 51

a Catholic Priest

Question 52

When did Petrarch live?

Answer 52

1304-1374

Question 53

Where did most sonnet movement occur?

Answer 53

Britian

Question 54

ear rhyme

Answer 54

aubile rhyme; but not necessarily written

Question 55

eye rhyme

Answer 55

rhyme that you can see

Question 56

Petrarchan rhyme scheme

Answer 56

abba abba cdc cde/cdc

Question 57

octave

Answer 57

first 8 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet; strong opening statement

Question 58

sestet

Answer 58

last 6 lines of a Patrarchan sonnet; resolution to emotional or intellectual question

Question 59

Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme

Answer 59

Abab cdcd efef gg

Question 60

1st quatrain

Answer 60

Exposition of theme

Question 61

2nd quatrain

Answer 61

Theme complicated or extended

Question 62

3rd quatrain

Answer 62

Twist or conflict introduced

Question 63

Couplet

Answer 63

Summarizes and leaves final image

Question 64

Spenserian sonnet

Answer 64

Abab bcbc cdcd ee

Question 65

Fair youth sonnets

Answer 65

1-126

Question 66

Tell fair youth to reproduce

Answer 66

1-17

Question 67

Fair youth's abuse and poet's disloyalty

Answer 67

18-126

Question 68

Dark lady sonnets

Answer 68

127-152

Question 69

Classical love sonnets

Answer 69

153-154