Literature 7: Sonnets

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Literature 7: 
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Periode B)

Literature Test:

- All the background information (Literature 1 - 7)
- All the questions in your reader 
   (you'll get some of them on your test)

- Multiple choice & open questions about Shakespeare, London, 
   Theatre, his plays, his sonnets, etc. 

Questions

Open or based on a fragment of text: "How does Lady Macbeth manipulate Macbeth into killing King Duncan?"

Multiple Choice: "When was Shakespeare born?"
A. 1544       B. 1564       C. 1584       D. 1604

True or False: "The Black Death hit London in 1665."

Shakespeare's Sonnets

(Literature 7)

Take a guess: A Shakespearean sonnet (poem) has how many lines?

1. 8
2. 14
3. 18
4. 24

Take a guess: Shakespeare wrote how many sonnets?

1. 49
2. 82
3. 137
4. 154

Shakespearean Sonnets

- A sonnet = 14-line poem

- Iambic Pentameter = emphasis on 2nd syllable (lettergreep)
                                             & every line has 10 syllables

   "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day"

- Sonnet originally comes from Italy

- 1609: Shakespeare's Sonnets

- contained 154 poems

Sonnet 18

- Compares the author's
   lover to a summer's day 

- While summer is lovely...

- ... his lover is more beautiful
   and kind

- A summer's day will end,
   his love for her will not

Sonnet 116

= about the extreme ideal of love:
    - never changes
    - never fades
    - outlasts death
    - has no flaws
  

Sonnet 130

- Joke on the conventions of love

- Doesn't praise his lover: 
      - not white as snow
      - no beautiful red lips
      - no golden hair

- Love doesn't need to be extreme
   to be real, against unrealistic ideals

Iambic Pentameter is...

1. Emphasis on the first syllable
2. Emphasis on the second syllable
3. Emphasis on the meaning
4. Emphasis on the amount of lines

True or false: "In Sonnet 18, a summer's day is more beautiful than Shakespeare's lover."

1. True
2. False

Shakespeare wrote how many poems?

1. 129
2. 143
3. 154
4. 167

Sonnet 130 is a joke on the ...

1. conventions of love
2. conventions of loyalty
3. conventions of devotion
4. conventions of desire

Sonnet 116 describes an extreme ideal of love, which is not mentioned about love?

1. It never changes
2. It outlasts death
3. It has no flaws
4. It is invaluable

Literature Test

- Read & study all the background information

- Check the answers to the questions & study them

- Be prepared for open, multiple choice & true/false questions

Let's practise!

1. Which is not one of the apparitions in Macbeth?

1. Disembodied head
2. Crowned child
3. Bloody child
4. Ghostlike man

2. Who does Hamlet need to kill?

1. Claudius
2. Duncan
3. Polonius
4. James

3. How many people were burned for witchcraft in Scotland under James I?

4. What date is missing in "Remember, remember the .... of November?"

1. fourth
2. fifth
3. sixth
4. seventh

5. How many houses were destroyed in the Great Fire of London

1. 11.000
2. 13.000
3. 15.000
4. 17.000

6. Shakespeare was born in what year?

7. What was the name of Shakespeare's acting group?

1. Lord Chamberchain's Men
2. Lord Clanderlain's Men
3. Lord Chamberlain's Men
4. Lord Chandermain's Men

8. The Globe Theatre burned down in what year?

1. 1603
2. 1613
3. 1623
4. 1633

9. Name the 5 characteristics of a Shakespearean tragedy.

10. Name the 5 characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy.

11. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

1. 144
2. 154
3. 164
4. 174

12. In what neighbourhood or suburb of London was the Globe Theatre built?

1. Southwark
2. Southdark
3. Southmark
4. Southpark

14. Which Shakespeare play is the longest?

1. Macbeth
2. Hamlet
3. Romeo & Juliet
4. King Lear

15. Which of the following plays was written by Marlowe and not Shakespeare?

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream
2. The Merchant of Venice
3. Doctor Faustus
4. Othello

13. How many days did the Great Fire of London go on?

1. 2 days
2. 4 days
3. 6 days
4. 8 days

Today:

- Read the background information for Literature 7: Sonnets

- Answer the questions (use Google/ the internet)

+ Check your answers (use Its Learning)

- Read through the information about the Literature Test
+ start studying for the test