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Sonnet 55 - Quiz
Sonnet
  • 1. In which year were William Shakespeare's sonnets published?
A) 1588
B) 1599
C) 1616
D) 1609
  • 2. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish in 1609?
A) 100
B) 120
C) 200
D) 154
  • 3. What is the rhyme scheme of a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet?
A) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
B) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
C) ABC ABC DEF DEF
D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • 4. What type of poetic metre is used in Sonnet 55?
A) Anapestic hexameter
B) Dactylic dimeter
C) Iambic pentameter
D) Trochaic tetrameter
  • 5. What does Sonnet 55 claim will outlast physical monuments?
A) Statues of princes
B) War memorials
C) Masonry structures
D) The poem itself
  • 6. Which ancient works are referenced in Sonnet 55?
A) Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
B) Horace's Odes and Ovid's Metamorphoses
C) Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad
D) Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Poetics
  • 7. What does John Crowe Ransom point out about the promises of immortality in Sonnet 55?
A) The poem is self-refuting as it keeps the young man mostly hidden
B) It focuses on the poet's own immortality
C) It clearly describes the young man's physical features
D) It guarantees eternal life for both the poet and the subject
  • 8. What does Lars Engle argue about Shakespeare's claim regarding poetry?
A) He argues that statues are more enduring than poetry
B) Shakespeare claims that only royalty can achieve immortality
C) Shakespeare bestows immortality on another through his poetry, unlike Horace and Ovid who claimed it for themselves
D) Engle believes Shakespeare's poetry is inferior to ancient works
  • 9. What does Ernest Fontana focus on in the second quatrain of Sonnet 55?
A) The epithet 'sluttish time'
B) The beauty of the young man
C) The grandeur of monuments
D) The power of war
  • 10. According to Fontana, what does Shakespeare's use of 'besmeared' imply?
A) It metaphorically refers to syphilis and its effects on the body
B) It highlights the resilience of masonry
C) It describes the weathering of stone statues
D) It signifies the purity of marble monuments
  • 11. How does Helen Vendler describe the speaker's attitude towards entities connected to the beloved?
A) The speaker bestows grandeur on them when connected to the beloved, but mocks them otherwise
B) The speaker only focuses on their physical attributes
C) The speaker is indifferent to their connection to the beloved
D) The speaker always regards them with contempt
  • 12. What theme does Vendler argue revolves around in Sonnet 55?
A) The beauty of nature
B) The keyword 'live'
C) The inevitability of death
D) The glory of war
  • 13. What does the couplet in Sonnet 55 suggest about the young man's existence?
A) The young man will only live physically until the Last Judgment
B) He will cease to exist after his death
C) 'Real' living is assigned to the day of the Last Judgment, but he also lives in memory and lovers' eyes
D) His existence is limited to the poem itself
  • 14. Where was an epitaph written in memory of Shakespeare found?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) The British Museum
C) The Globe Theatre
D) The Folger Library
  • 15. What style of handwriting was used for the epitaph found in the Folger Library?
A) Secretary hand
B) Gothic script
C) Italic hand
D) Cursive script
  • 16. What imagery is used in Sonnet 55 to describe time?
A) "Silent night"
B) "Sluttish time"
C) "Eternal spring"
D) "Golden age"
  • 17. Which word does Ernest Fontana suggest Shakespeare intended as a metaphor for venereal disease?
A) "Shining"
B) "Living"
C) "Besmeared"
D) "Obvious"
  • 18. How does Helen Vendler describe the transformation of monuments in Sonnet 55 when they are not connected to the beloved?
A) They become 'unswept stone besmeared'.
B) They are celebrated by all.
C) They transform into golden statues.
D) They shine brighter.
  • 19. What is the central theme of Sonnet 55 according to Helen Vendler?
A) Time
B) Death
C) War
D) Love
  • 20. Which word does Vendler identify as revolving around in Sonnet 55, indicating different aspects of life and memory?
A) "Die"
B) "Live"
C) "Forget"
D) "Remember"
  • 21. In what century was the secretary hand style of handwriting commonly used?
A) 19th Century
B) 17th Century
C) 18th Century
D) 16th Century
  • 22. What color ink was the epitaph written in?
A) Brown ink
B) Blue ink
C) Red ink
D) Black ink
  • 23. Where is Shakespeare buried?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) The Tower of London
C) St. Paul's Cathedral
D) Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 24. Which sonnet contains lines echoed in the epitaph found for Shakespeare?
A) Sonnet 73
B) Sonnet 18
C) Sonnet 116
D) Sonnet 55
  • 25. Who discovered the epitaph in the Folger Library?
A) Robert Evans
B) Richard Briers
C) William Shakespeare
D) An unknown author
  • 26. What sequence is Sonnet 55 a part of?
A) Fair Youth sequence
B) Procreation sequence
C) Dark Lady sequence
D) Rival Poet sequence
  • 27. How many quatrains does an English sonnet contain?
A) Two
B) Four
C) One
D) Three
  • 28. Between which other items were the lines of the verse found?
A) Two other epitaphs
B) A collection of sonnets
C) Letters from contemporaries
D) A series of poems by Shakespeare
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