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SONNET 18 / SONNET 29 / SONNET 116 / SONNET 130 Copyright © Holt McDougal, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 89 SONNET 18 / SONNET 29 / SONNET 116 / SONNET 130 Diagnostic and Selection Tests British Literature Assessment File Selection Test A Comprehension Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer. (6 points each) 1. According to line 7 of “Sonnet 18,” human beauty always A. competes with nature’s beauty B. gets hurt in rough weather C. fades away at some time D. looks best in the summer 2. Why does the speaker in “Sonnet 18” most likely say that Death would brag about taking the subject? A. The subject fears the power of death. B. The idea emphasizes the appeal of the subject. C. Human beauty is difficult to erase from memory. D. Death wants to triumph over the speaker’s poetry. 3. Reread line 3 of “Sonnet 29.” The image of heaven being unable to hear the speaker’s cries conveys the speaker’s A. annoyance with the subject B. frustration of being in love C. desire to speak louder D. feeling of being alone 4. What causes the speaker in “Sonnet 29” to feel better? A. thoughts of the speaker’s love B. the wealth of other people C. kings who wish they had love D. looking at other people’s happiness 5. According to “Sonnet 116,” love fails to be love when A. outside influences can change it B. people marry without thought C. people fail to recognize it D. married people tell each other lies 6. Which phrase from “Sonnet 116” best expresses the speaker’s view of love’s power over time? A. “If this be error and upon me proved” B. “alters not with his brief hours” C. “his bending sickle’s compass” D. “the edge of doom” 7. Shakespeare uses the couplet at the end of “Sonnet 116” to emphasize A. a concern for truth in poetry B. a belief in the power of poetry C. the honesty of others’ opinions D. the truth of the speaker’s beliefs 8. In lines 1–4 of “Sonnet 130,” the speaker mostly compares his love to other things in terms of A. which things last longest B. the wildness of nature C. the colors of things D. their rarity

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SONNET 18 / SONNET 29 / SONNET 116 / SONNET 130

Diagnostic and Selection TestsBritish Literature

Assessment File

Selection Test A

Comprehension Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer. (6 points each)

1. According to line 7 of “Sonnet 18,” human beauty always

A. competes with nature’s beauty

B. gets hurt in rough weather

C. fades away at some time

D. looks best in the summer

2. Why does the speaker in “Sonnet 18” most likely say that Death would brag about taking the subject?

A. The subject fears the power of death.

B. The idea emphasizes the appeal of the subject.

C. Human beauty is difficult to erase from memory.

D. Death wants to triumph over the speaker’s poetry.

3. Reread line 3 of “Sonnet 29.” The image of heaven being unable to hear the speaker’s cries conveys the speaker’s

A. annoyance with the subject

B. frustration of being in love

C. desire to speak louder

D. feeling of being alone

4. What causes the speaker in “Sonnet 29” to feel better?

A. thoughts of the speaker’s love

B. the wealth of other people

C. kings who wish they had love

D. looking at other people’s happiness

5. According to “Sonnet 116,” love fails to be love when

A. outside influences can change it

B. people marry without thought

C. people fail to recognize it

D. married people tell each other lies

6. Which phrase from “Sonnet 116” best expresses the speaker’s view of love’s power over time?

A. “If this be error and upon me proved”

B. “alters not with his brief hours”

C. “his bending sickle’s compass”

D. “the edge of doom”

7. Shakespeare uses the couplet at the end of “Sonnet 116” to emphasize

A. a concern for truth in poetry

B. a belief in the power of poetry

C. the honesty of others’ opinions

D. the truth of the speaker’s beliefs

8. In lines 1–4 of “Sonnet 130,” the speaker mostly compares his love to other things in terms of

A. which things last longest

B. the wildness of nature

C. the colors of things

D. their rarity

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SELECTION TEST A, CONTINUED

Diagnostic and Selection TestsBritish Literature

Assessment File

Written Response Short Response On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the poems. (10 points each)

11. What power does the speaker of “Sonnet 18” claim that poetry has?

12. How do the speakers in “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” compare their beloveds to nature differently? Use one detail from each sonnet to support your response.

Extended Response Answer the following question based on your knowledge of the poems. Write one or two paragraphs on a separate sheet of paper. (20 points)

13. How does love aid people in “Sonnet 29” and in “Sonnet 116”? Use a detail from each sonnet to support your response.

9. Lines 9–10 of “Sonnet 130” convey the idea that the speaker’s love for his mistress

A. removes all her imperfections

B. emphasizes her perfection

C. overcomes her faults

D. makes problems for her

10. What idea is included in both “Sonnet 116” and “Sonnet 130”?

A. Time has little effect on people’s physical beauty.

B. People who know each other well fall in love.

C. Lovers change their minds about each other.

D. True love is stronger than time and beauty.

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