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Q. A sonnet has how many lines?
20
10
14
12

Explanation:

A sonnet traditionally has 14 lines, in iambic pentameter.

Q. A Shakespearean sonnet has how many quatrains and a couplet?
2 quatrains + 1 couplet
3 quatrains + 1 couplet
1 octave + 1 sestet
4 quatrains

Explanation:

The Shakespearean (English) sonnet has three quatrains and a closing couplet (4+4+4+2).

Q. The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into:
Three quatrains and a couplet
An octave and a sestet
Two sestets
Four tercets

Explanation:

The Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet has an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines).

Q. Blank verse refers to:
Rhymed couplets
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Free verse without meter
Haiku form

Explanation:

Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter — the meter of Shakespeare's plays and Milton's Paradise Lost.

Q. An elegy is a poem of:
Celebration
Mourning or lament
Romantic love
War

Explanation:

An elegy mourns the death of a person or meditates on mortality (e.g., Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard').

Q. A ballad is a:
Dramatic monologue
Narrative poem often sung
Lyric of three lines
14-line poem

Explanation:

A ballad is a narrative poem often set to music, with simple language and strong rhythm, typically of folk origin.

Q. A limerick has how many lines?
Seven
Four
Five
Three

Explanation:

A limerick is a five-line humorous poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

Q. A haiku has how many syllables (traditionally)?
8-8-8
5-7-5
7-5-7
10-10-10

Explanation:

Haiku is a Japanese form with 5-7-5 syllables in three lines.

Q. A metaphor that continues throughout an entire poem is called:
Extended metaphor (conceit)
Alliteration
Personification
Simile

Explanation:

An extended metaphor (or conceit) is a metaphor sustained throughout a poem, popular with Metaphysical poets.

Q. The repetition of initial consonant sounds is called:
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Consonance

Explanation:

Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words (e.g., 'wild and windy').

Q. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words is called:
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme

Explanation:

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds (e.g., 'hear the mellow wedding bells').

Q. 'Romeo and Juliet' is classified as a:
Romance
History play
Tragedy
Comedy

Explanation:

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's tragedies, written c. 1595.

Q. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is a:
Comedy
Tragedy
History play
Problem play

Explanation:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595) is one of Shakespeare's romantic comedies.

Q. Shakespeare's four great tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and:
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra

Explanation:

The four great tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

Q. 'Macbeth' is often called the:
Roman play
Danish play
Scottish play
Greek play

Explanation:

Macbeth is known as 'the Scottish play' due to theatrical superstition.

Q. 'Hamlet' is set in which country?
England
Scotland
Denmark
Italy

Explanation:

Hamlet is set in Denmark, in and around Elsinore castle.

Q. The famous soliloquy 'To be, or not to be' is from:
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet
King Lear

Explanation:

It is from Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.

Q. Who wrote 'Doctor Faustus'?
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Ben Jonson
John Webster

Explanation:

Christopher Marlowe wrote Doctor Faustus (c. 1592), a tragedy about a scholar who sells his soul to the devil.

Q. The first permanent English theatre was built in London in which year?
1599
1576
1600
1550

Explanation:

The Theatre, the first permanent English playhouse, was built in 1576 by James Burbage.

Q. The Globe Theatre was built in:
1599
1576
1550
1610

Explanation:

The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Q. The Metaphysical Poets were known for:
Elaborate conceits and intellectual wit
Heroic couplets
Simple language
Nature imagery only

Explanation:

The Metaphysicals (Donne, Herbert, Marvell) used elaborate conceits, intellectual wit, and philosophical themes.

Q. 'The Sun Rising' was written by:
John Donne
George Herbert
Andrew Marvell
John Dryden

Explanation:

John Donne wrote 'The Sun Rising', a metaphysical poem about lovers rejecting the sun's authority.

Q. The Restoration comedy is also known as:
Farce
Tragicomedy
Comedy of manners
Comedy of errors

Explanation:

Restoration comedies (post-1660) are also called 'comedies of manners'.

Q. Who wrote 'The Rape of the Lock'?
Samuel Johnson
Jonathan Swift
Alexander Pope
John Dryden

Explanation:

Alexander Pope wrote The Rape of the Lock (1712), a mock-epic about a lock of stolen hair.

Q. 'Waiting for Godot' was written by:
Samuel Beckett
Eugene Ionesco
Tom Stoppard
Harold Pinter

Explanation:

Samuel Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot (1953), a defining work of the Theatre of the Absurd.

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