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?
The sound of her voice

Her smile

Her physical strength

Her tears
2 To whom was this poem addressed in reality?
Robert Browning

Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson

Alfred Tennyson
3 What does the word "nought" most closely mean?
Nothing

Always

Fun

Mischievous
4 Which of these is a motif in the poem?
Animals

Femininity

Houses

Weapons
5 Which of the following is used to symbolize a comfort-based love?
Medicine

Tears

Soup

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

Impermanence

Disagreement

Infidelity
7 In which book was this poem first published?
Sonnets from the Portuguese

The Cry of the Children

Aurora Leigh

Love Sonnets
8 What does the word "wrought" mean in this poem?
Underscored

Created

Welded

Thought
9 Which of the following is subtly critiqued within this work?
Colonialism

Urbanization

Gender norms

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

The interwar period

The Georgian period

The Victorian era
11 Which best defines the word "evermore"?
Never

Additionally

As much as possible

Forever
12 What does the word "certes" mean?
Tightly

Underneath

Certainly

Anyway
13 Where does the poem take place?
Italy

Scotland

Massachusetts

A specific location is never suggested
14 Which form does this poem take?
Italian Sonnet

English Sonnet

Shakespearian Sonnet

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

A student

The speaker's father

A dog
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?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

ABBA CDCD ABBA CDCD

ABAB ABAB CDCD CC

ABBA ABBA CDCDCD
18 What is the poem's meter?
Iamic hexameter

Dactylic pentameter

Free verse

Iambic pentameter
19 What does the metaphor of "a creature" reference?
The speaker's child

The listener

The government

The speaker
20 The word "weep" is an instance of which of the following?
Onomatopoeia

Assonance

Internal rhyme

Understatement
21 Which of the following is an instance of hyperbole?
The poem's unchanging meter

The speaker's insistent tone

The speaker's request for love that lasts forever

The speaker's use of the second person
22 Who is the poem's speaker?
A baby

A woman

A tree

An old man
23 Which line does NOT include alliterative L sounds?
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

A sense of pleasant ease on such a day"—

But love me for love's sake, that evermore

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
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?
Prank

Skill

Idiosyncrasy

Deception

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