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Sonnet Competitions and Challenges

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a famous sonnet competition?

  1. The Petrarchan Sonnet Competition
  2. The Shakespearean Sonnet Competition
  3. The Spenserian Sonnet Competition
  4. The Miltonic Sonnet Competition
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year was the first Petrarchan Sonnet Competition held?

  1. 1300
  2. 1350
  3. 1400
  4. 1450
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the annual sonnet competition held in Stratford-upon-Avon, England?

  1. The Shakespeare Sonnet Competition
  2. The Avon Sonnet Competition
  3. The Stratford Sonnet Competition
  4. The Bard Sonnet Competition
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following poets has won the Shakespeare Sonnet Competition multiple times?

  1. John Keats
  2. William Wordsworth
  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the sonnet competition organized by the Poetry Society of America?

  1. The National Sonnet Competition
  2. The American Sonnet Competition
  3. The Poetry Society Sonnet Competition
  4. The United States Sonnet Competition
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year was the first National Sonnet Competition held?

  1. 1922
  2. 1925
  3. 1928
  4. 1931
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following poets has won the National Sonnet Competition more than once?

  1. Edna St. Vincent Millay
  2. Robert Frost
  3. E.E. Cummings
  4. Marianne Moore
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the sonnet competition organized by the Academy of American Poets?

  1. The American Poets Sonnet Competition
  2. The Academy Sonnet Competition
  3. The Poetry Academy Sonnet Competition
  4. The United States Poets Sonnet Competition
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year was the first Academy Sonnet Competition held?

  1. 1934
  2. 1937
  3. 1940
  4. 1943
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following poets has won the Academy Sonnet Competition multiple times?

  1. Elizabeth Bishop
  2. Robert Lowell
  3. Sylvia Plath
  4. Adrienne Rich
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the sonnet competition organized by the Poetry Foundation?

  1. The Poetry Foundation Sonnet Competition
  2. The American Poetry Sonnet Competition
  3. The United States Poetry Sonnet Competition
  4. The National Poetry Sonnet Competition
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year was the first Poetry Foundation Sonnet Competition held?

  1. 1947
  2. 1950
  3. 1953
  4. 1956
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following poets has won the Poetry Foundation Sonnet Competition multiple times?

  1. W.H. Auden
  2. John Ashbery
  3. James Merrill
  4. Louise Glück
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the sonnet competition organized by the Folger Shakespeare Library?

  1. The Folger Shakespeare Sonnet Competition
  2. The Shakespeare Sonnet Competition
  3. The Folger Poetry Sonnet Competition
  4. The United States Shakespeare Sonnet Competition
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year was the first Folger Shakespeare Sonnet Competition held?

  1. 1959
  2. 1962
  3. 1965
  4. 1968
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following poets has won the Folger Shakespeare Sonnet Competition multiple times?

  1. Anthony Hecht
  2. John Hollander
  3. Donald Justice
  4. Mark Strand
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