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Sonnet in Popular Culture

Description: This quiz tests your knowledge of sonnets in popular culture.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which famous Shakespearean sonnet begins with the line, "When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced"?

  1. Sonnet 18

  2. Sonnet 64

  3. Sonnet 116

  4. Sonnet 130


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 64 is one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, and it begins with the line, "When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced".

In which play does Shakespeare's character Romeo recite Sonnet 116?

  1. Romeo and Juliet

  2. Hamlet

  3. Othello

  4. King Lear


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo recites Sonnet 116 to Juliet as a declaration of his love for her.

Who wrote the sonnet "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. John Donne

  3. Edmund Spenser

  4. Sir Philip Sidney


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Shakespeare wrote the sonnet "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun".

Which famous sonnet begins with the line, "The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers"?

  1. Sonnet 18

  2. Sonnet 30

  3. Sonnet 43

  4. Sonnet 116


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 30 is a famous sonnet by William Wordsworth, and it begins with the line, "The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers".

Which sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning begins with the line, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 14

  3. Sonnet 43

  4. Sonnet 54


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning begins with the line, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways".

Which sonnet by John Milton begins with the line, "When I consider how my light is spent"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 7

  3. Sonnet 19

  4. Sonnet 23


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sonnet 19 by John Milton begins with the line, "When I consider how my light is spent".

Which sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley begins with the line, "Ozymandias, king of kings, look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 10

  3. Sonnet 51

  4. Sonnet 88


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sonnet 51 by Percy Bysshe Shelley begins with the line, "Ozymandias, king of kings, look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!".

Which sonnet by William Wordsworth begins with the line, "Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 12

  3. Sonnet 33

  4. Sonnet 45


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sonnet 33 by William Wordsworth begins with the line, "Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour".

Which sonnet by John Keats begins with the line, "When I have fears that I may cease to be"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 11

  3. Sonnet 25

  4. Sonnet 39


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 11 by John Keats begins with the line, "When I have fears that I may cease to be".

Which sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay begins with the line, "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 14

  3. Sonnet 30

  4. Sonnet 55


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sonnet 30 by Edna St. Vincent Millay begins with the line, "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why".

Which sonnet by e.e. cummings begins with the line, "i carry your heart with me(i carry it in"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 10

  3. Sonnet 44

  4. Sonnet 55


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sonnet 44 by e.e. cummings begins with the line, "i carry your heart with me(i carry it in".

Which sonnet by Pablo Neruda begins with the line, "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 17

  3. Sonnet 66

  4. Sonnet 100


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 17 by Pablo Neruda begins with the line, "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where".

Which sonnet by Federico García Lorca begins with the line, "The moon has died in the water"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 4

  3. Sonnet 12

  4. Sonnet 18


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 4 by Federico García Lorca begins with the line, "The moon has died in the water".

Which sonnet by Gabriela Mistral begins with the line, "I have loved you with a love so deep"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 10

  3. Sonnet 20

  4. Sonnet 30


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 10 by Gabriela Mistral begins with the line, "I have loved you with a love so deep".

Which sonnet by Octavio Paz begins with the line, "The shadow of the eagle on the sand"?

  1. Sonnet 1

  2. Sonnet 5

  3. Sonnet 10

  4. Sonnet 15


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonnet 5 by Octavio Paz begins with the line, "The shadow of the eagle on the sand".

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