Question 1 (3 points)
Sonnets whose lines each contain 10 syllables, with stresses on eve...
Question 1 (3 points)
Sonnets whose lines each contain 10 syllables, with stresses on every second syllable, are written in _.
Question 1 options:
iambic dimeter
iambic trimeter
iambic pentameter
iambic hexameter
Question 2 (3 points)
The 14 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet are made up of _.
Question 2 options:
three quatrains and a sestet
an octave and a sestet
an octave and a volta
two quatrains and a couplet
Question 3 (3 points)
The 14 lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are made up of _.
Question 3 options:
three quatrains and a rhyming couplet
two octaves and a volta
two quatrains and a sestet
an octave and a sestet
Question 4 (3 points)
Why does the speaker in Sonnet 18 by Petrarch repeatedly use negative words and phrases?
Question 4 options:
The poem is about his inability to accept that his beloved has died.
The poem is about his inability to understand what others see in his beloved.
The poem is about his inability to spend time with his beloved.
The poem about his inability to capture his beloved's beauty in verse.
Question 5 (3 points)
The speaker in Sonnet 28 by Petrarch describes his "wild disorder'd gestures" and "lovelorn looks" to help convey that _.
Question 5 options:
he is in anguish over his love.
he no longer cares for his beloved.
he needs people to be with him.
he feels confident in his love.
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