6 Written Questions

1. ballad stanza
2. Italian/Petrachan sonnet
3. Irregular sonnet
4. Chaucerian stanza, or rhyme royal
5. Spenserian sonnet
6. English/Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. English/Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet
   1. Sonnet with any rhyme scheme
   2. Lines 1,2, 3 and 5 are tetrameter, and lines 4 and 6 are dimeter.
   3. Sonnet with one problem octet and one solving sestet
   4. Sonnet with three problem quatrains and and one commenting couplet
2. Italian/Petrachan sonnet
   1. ababbcc
   2. abcb
   3. aaabab
   4. abbaabba
3. Burns stanza
   1. Odd lines iambic tetrameter, even lines iambic trimeter
   2. Sonnet with one problem octet and one solving sestet
   3. Last sestet in sonnet has variation of c,d, and e rhymes.
   4. Lines 1,2, 3 and 5 are tetrameter, and lines 4 and 6 are dimeter.
4. Spenserian stanza
   1. ababbcc
   2. aaabab
   3. ababbcbcc
   4. abcb
5. terza rima
   1. ababcdcfgghhab
   2. ababcdcdefefgg
   3. Interlocking tercet rhymes
   4. Sonnet with any rhyme scheme
6. ballad stanza
   1. Sonnet with one problem octet and one solving sestet
   2. Lines 1,2, 3 and 5 are tetrameter, and lines 4 and 6 are dimeter.
   3. Sonnet with any rhyme scheme
   4. Odd lines iambic tetrameter, even lines iambic trimeter

5 True/False Questions

1. aaabab → Burns stanza

   True        False

2. aba, bcb, cdc... → terza rima

   True        False

3. ababcdcfgghhab → English/Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet

   True        False

4. ababbcbccdcdee → Spenserian sonnet

   True        False

5. Last sestet in sonnet has variation of c,d, and e rhymes. → Irregular sonnet

   True        False