Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Sonnet 146? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. How many quatrains are in this sonnet?
1000
3
4
2
Q. What's this sonnet's rhyme scheme?
ababcdcdebebff
ababcdcdefefgg
None, it's blank verse
aabbccdd
Q. What kind of meter does Shakespeare mostly use in the sonnets?
Iambic hexameter
Trochaic tetrameter
Iambic pentameter
A voltage meter
Q. The following two lines are an example of what? So shalt thou feed on death, that feeds on men, / And death once dead, there's no more dying then.
Rhymed couplet
A play
A quatrain
A volta or, a turn
Q. Which of the following is a characteristic of a typical Shakespearean Sonnet?
It's got 14 lines
It's written mostly in iambic pentameter
It's got 3 quatrains and a final rhymed couplet
All of the above