Name: 
 

"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love"



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 

Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” should be classified as
a.
a pastoral.
b.
an antipastoral.
c.
a Petrarchan sonnet.
d.
an anti-Petrarchan sonnet.
 

2. 

“And we will all the pleasures prove” (line 2)

This line from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” contains
a.
inversion; assonance
b.
alliteration; trochaic meter
c.
inversion; alliteration
d.
assonance; pentameter
 

3. 

“Thy silver dishes for thy meat     
As precious as the gods do eat,     
Shall on an ivory table be     
Prepared each day for thee and me.”

This stanza from "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" is a
a.
tercet
b.
quatrain
c.
cinquain
d.
sestet
 

4. 

“Come live with me and be my Love...     

Then live with me and be my Love.”

The first line and the last line of “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” demonstrate the poetic device of
a.
inversion.
b.
repetition.
c.
personification.
d.
caesura.
 



 
Check Your Work     Reset Help