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1. Which of these is NOT a quality traditionally shared by poems belonging to the form known as the Shakespearean sonnet?
A) None of the lines rhyme.
B) They end in a couplet.
C) They are written in iambic pentameter.
D) They have 14 lines.
2. The first line, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?,” is an example of which literary device?
A) allegorical lesson
B) rhetorical question
C) imperative statement
D) hyperbolic sentence
3. Which of these line combinations is an example of the literary device known as anaphora?
A) Lines 1 and 2
B) Lines 4 and 7
C) Lines 12 and 13
D) Lines 13 and 14
4. Which of these ideas best describes the theme of the poem?
A) All beauty is fleeting.
B) Summer is overrated.
C) Beauty becomes eternal when it is rendered in poetry.
D) The beauty of the subject finds no appropriate comparison in nature.
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