Who is the main focus of a number of Shakespeare’s sonnets ? A. The Dark Lady B. Hamlet C. Christopher Marlow D. Hamnet Shakespeare

Which of the following poems was authored by Shakespeare ? A. “Tintern Abbey”B. “A Lover’s Complaint” C. “El Cid” D. “The Wasteland”

Which of the following are not among the subjects of Shakespeare’s sonnets ? A. The Dark LadyB. Shakespeare’s father C. A young man D. A rival poet

The concept of “prose” refers to which of the following ? A. Ordinary speech B. Blank verse C. Rhyming verse D. Non-English word use

Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the following? In Shakespeare’s plays, a troche is___________________? A. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a footB. The opposite of an iamb…

In the narrative poem, “The Rape of Lucrece,” who is Lucretia ? A. A fairy queenB. A Roman matron C. A villainess D. A beggar woman

In Shakespeare’s plays, when is rhyme often used ? A. When ghosts speak B. When characters speak naturally C. When a lower class character speaksD. When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect

In his reading of Shakespeare’s “Fair Youth Sonnets,” who does Charlton Ogburn suppose Shakespeare to have really been ? A. Marlowe B. SwiftC. Oxford D. Bacon

For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to have drawn upon all of the following for influence and ideas EXCEPT ? A. Greek mythology B. European history C. Early scientific studiesD. The works of earlier poets

Fill in the blank. In Shakespeare’s plays, prose is often used in_________________? A. Serious letters B. Iambic pentameter C. Rhyming verse D. Couplets