Where does the sonnet form originate from ?

A. England
B. Spain
C. France
D. Italy

Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic forms in his dramas ?

A. Blank verse
B. Old english
C. Authorial narration
D. Prose

How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare ?

A. 12
B. 67
C. 154
D. 200

In Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis,” how is Adonis killed ?

A. In a hunting accident
B. By venus
C. By execution
D. By old age

Fill in the blank. The plot of “Venus and Adonis” is based on passages from_____________?

A. The bible
B. A christopher marlowe play
C. Ovid’s metamorphoses
D. An early shakespeare play

What century does the play, “Henry V,” take place in ?

A. 15th century
B. 16th century
C. 14th century
D. 17th century

Blank verse refers to which of the following ?

A. Prose
B. Unrhymed iambic pentameter
C. Rhyming verse
D. Rhyming couplets

In the play, “Richard III,” who speaks of “the winter of our discontent” (I.i.1) ?

A. Richmond
B. Queen elizabeth
C. Richard iii
D. The princes

In the play, “Richard III,” who is Richard’s elder brother ?

A. Clarence
B. King edward iv
C. Tyrell
D. Richmond

In the play, “Henry V,” who states that “If we are marked to die, we are enough/To do our country loss__________” (IV.iii.20-21) ?

A. Falstaff
B. Henry v
C. Nim
D. Catherine