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 physical strength

Her smile

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?
Mischievous

Always

Fun

Nothing
4 Which of these is a motif in the poem?
Weapons

Animals

Houses

Femininity
5 Which of the following is used to symbolize a comfort-based love?
A cushion

Medicine

Soup

Tears
6 What is the primary problem the speaker's love faces?
Impermanence

Disagreement

Boredom

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

Love Sonnets

The Cry of the Children

Sonnets from the Portuguese
8 What does the word "wrought" mean in this poem?
Welded

Thought

Underscored

Created
9 Which of the following is subtly critiqued within this work?
Gender norms

Urbanization

The church

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

The Victorian era

The interwar period

The Georgian period
11 Which best defines the word "evermore"?
Never

Additionally

Forever

As much as possible
12 What does the word "certes" mean?
Anyway

Underneath

Certainly

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

Italy

Scotland

Massachusetts
14 Which form does this poem take?
English Sonnet

Shakespearian Sonnet

Italian Sonnet

Spenserian Sonnet
15 To whom is the poem addressed?
A dog

The speaker's father

A student

The speaker's lover
16 What does the speaker want her love to be based on?
Love itself

Comfort

Shared intelligence

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

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

ABBA CDCD ABBA CDCD

ABAB ABAB CDCD CC
18 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Iamic hexameter

Free verse

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

The speaker's child

The listener

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

Assonance

Understatement

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

The speaker's use of the second person

The speaker's request for love that lasts forever

The speaker's insistent tone
22 Who is the poem's speaker?
An old man

A woman

A tree

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

But love me for love's sake, that evermore

A sense of pleasant ease on such a day"—

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
24 Where is the volta?
After line ten

After line twelve

After line eight

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

Skill

Prank

Idiosyncrasy

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