Question

On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following questions by ticking the correct options.

(a) The rich and powerful got ornate monuments made in order to _______________

1. show off their wealth

2. display their power

3. show their artistic talent

4. be remembered till posterity

(b) The poet addresses his sonnet to _________________

1. time

2. war

3. the person he loves

4. powerful rulers

(c) In the line 'The living record of your memory', living record refers to ____________

1. the sonnet the poet has written for his friend

2. an existing statue of his friend

3. his friend who lives in the poet's memory

4. the autobiography of the poet's friend

(d) The poet's tone in the poem is _________________

1. despairing

2. optimistic

3. loving

4. admiring

(e) The poem is set in _______________________

1. the place where the poet meets his friend

2. a battlefield where Mars is fighting a battle

3. a city ravaged by war

4. the poet's study where he is writing

Answer 1

(a) iv. be remembered till posterity

(b) iii. the person he loves

(c) iii his friend who lives in the poet's memory

(d) iii. loving

(e) iv. the poet's study where he is writing.