Question

Petrarchan sonnets begin with a(n) ____________ and end with a(n) _________________.
Question 4 options:
volta; octave
octave; sestet
octave; volta
quatrain; couplet

Answer 1

I think that the best answer is this one:

octave; sestet

Actually a sonet is composed of octave and sestet: first the octave, then the sestet.

A couplet
Volta is the beginning of the sested (so it would be in the middle)
The last answer would also be not far from truth, but a proper petrarchan sonnet does not end with a couplet.

Answer 2

A Petrarchan sonnet is from Italian origin and is characterized by the blason in which the subject can be elaborately praised or scorned. They have 14 lines in total, one octave and a sestet.

Question: Petrarchan sonnets begin with a(n) ____________ and end with a(n) _________________.

Answer: B. octave; sestet