If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be For Nought (Sonnet 14) Quizzes

If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be For Nought (Sonnet 14) Quiz

1 Which of the following does the speaker NOT dismiss as a basis for love?
Her smile

Her physical strength

The sound of her voice

Her tears
2 To whom was this poem addressed in reality?
Christina Rossetti

Robert Browning

Alfred Tennyson

Emily Dickinson
3 What does the word "nought" most closely mean?
Fun

Nothing

Mischievous

Always
4 Which of these is a motif in the poem?
Houses

Femininity

Weapons

Animals
5 Which of the following is used to symbolize a comfort-based love?
Tears

Medicine

Soup

A cushion
6 What is the primary problem the speaker's love faces?
Infidelity

Impermanence

Boredom

Disagreement
7 In which book was this poem first published?
Aurora Leigh

Love Sonnets

Sonnets from the Portuguese

The Cry of the Children
8 What does the word "wrought" mean in this poem?
Welded

Created

Thought

Underscored
9 Which of the following is subtly critiqued within this work?
Urbanization

Gender norms

Colonialism

The church
10 Which historical period was this poem a product of?
The interwar period

The Georgian period

The Victorian era

The Renaissance
11 Which best defines the word "evermore"?
As much as possible

Never

Forever

Additionally
12 What does the word "certes" mean?
Anyway

Underneath

Tightly

Certainly
13 Where does the poem take place?
A specific location is never suggested

Italy

Scotland

Massachusetts
14 Which form does this poem take?
Italian Sonnet

Spenserian Sonnet

Shakespearian Sonnet

English Sonnet
15 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker's lover

A dog

A student

The speaker's father
16 What does the speaker want her love to be based on?
Respect

Comfort

Love itself

Shared intelligence
17 Which of the following rhyme schemes does the poem follow?
ABBA ABBA CDCDCD

ABBA CDCD ABBA CDCD

ABAB ABAB CDCD CC

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
18 What is the poem's meter?
Iamic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Free verse

Dactylic pentameter
19 What does the metaphor of "a creature" reference?
The government

The speaker

The speaker's child

The listener
20 The word "weep" is an instance of which of the following?
Internal rhyme

Understatement

Onomatopoeia

Assonance
21 Which of the following is an instance of hyperbole?
The speaker's request for love that lasts forever

The speaker's insistent tone

The speaker's use of the second person

The poem's unchanging meter
22 Who is the poem's speaker?
An old man

A tree

A woman

A baby
23 Which line does NOT include alliterative L sounds?
But love me for love's sake, that evermore

If thou must love me, let it be for nought

A sense of pleasant ease on such a day"—

Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
24 Where is the volta?
After line twelve

After line eight

After line ten

After line four
25 What does "trick" mean in the context of this poem?
Skill

Deception

Prank

Idiosyncrasy

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