Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Elizabethan Literature - William Shakespeare - Sonnet No. 116 - Let me Not to the marriage of True Minds - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

 

lizabethan Literature - William Shakespeare - Sonnet No. 116 

Expanded Objective Type Questions (Multiple Choice):


1. Sonnet 116 was written by—

a) Ben Jonson
b
) Edmund Spenser
c
) William Shakespeare ✅
d
) Philip Sidney


2. The theme of Sonnet 116 is—

a) Death
b
) True love ✅
c
) Friendship
d
) Nature


3. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments” means—

a) Love has many problems
b
) True love has no obstacles ✅
c
) Marriage is difficult
d
) Love fades with time


4. “Ever-fixed mark” refers to—

a) A river
b
) A lighthouse ✅
c
) A star
d
) A tree


5. Which of these is NOT true about Sonnet 116?

a) Love is constant
b
) Love changes with time ✅
c
) Love guides people
d
) Love is eternal


6. “Love’s not Time’s fool” suggests—

a) Love is controlled by time
b
) Love is independent of time ✅
c
) Love is temporary
d
) Love is foolish


7. The rhyme scheme of Sonnet 116 is—

a) ABBAABBACDECDE
b
) ABABCDCDEFEFGG ✅
c
) AABBCCDDEEFFGG
d
) None of these


8. Sonnet 116 consists of—

a) 10 lines
b
) 12 lines
c
) 14 lines ✅
d
) 16 lines


9. The final couplet of Sonnet 116 states—

a) If love is wrong, no one has ever loved ✅
b
) Love is blind
c
) Love fades with age
d
) Marriage is difficult


10. “Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken”—refers to—

a) Money
b
) A star ✅
c
) A soldier
d
) A tree

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Dr. Noojilla Srinivas

Lecturer in English, Government College (Autonomous),

Rajahmundry

Phone: 7981862200

 

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