Multiple Choice: Machines like the Pentametron can easily write sonnets because...A. they are uniquely artistic.B. they are based on nonsense.C. they adhere to specific guidelines.D. they follow an unpredictable pattern.Multiple Choice: Which quotation best supports the answer to question 2?A. "Sonnets occupy something of a sweet spot: they're a rich art form (good for poets) with clear rules (good for machines)." (Paragraph 4)B. "This is more poetry as collage than true composition." (Paragraph 5)C. "A Mad Lib–ish start ('There was a(n) [old man / young lady] [from / with / who]...'), followed by five lines of prescribed meter in an aabba rhyme scheme" (Paragraph 6)D. "I ran this little poetry program in my head again and again, turning out dozens of nonsense limericks, complete with the requisite little-kid scatology." (Paragraph 6)

Which is true about contemporary sonnets?A.Many poets write them, following the strict Italian version of the form.B.Few poets write them, but those who do write Petrarchan sonnets.C.Many poets write them, though they may interpret the form loosely.D.Few poets write them, but those who do rely heavily on perfect rhymes.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Multiple Choice: Which detail from the text best highlights how Mary Flanagan's view of machine-generated poetry differs from other experts, like Kevin Knight?A. "I feel the presence of the machine, stuck in the literary uncanny valley." (Paragraph 13)B. "'Humans are already good at producing human-sounding sonnets, so why get a computer to do that? Do something new!'" (Paragraph 15)C. "We could think of 'machine-generated' as a kind of literary G.M.O. tag" (Paragraph 16)D. "Perhaps machine sonnet-making is part of that resistance, a literary cyberpunk movement, a Dada-esque move." (Paragraph 17)

How are sonnets most often approached today?A.The form is often used more loosely than in the past.B.The form is chosen for political, not personal, reasons.C.The form is used the same way Shakespeare used it.D.The form is chosen for tragic, not romantic, purposes.

Shakespearian sonnets have what characteristics?They are written in blank verse and are divided into three tercets.They are written in free verse and are divided into two couplets.They are written with irregular rhymes and begin with one couplet and end with one tercet.They are written in iambic pentameter and divided into three quatrains and a couplet.

Multiple Choice: According to the research of Kevin Knight, in order to generate and process human language, computers require...A. A.I. technology.B. neural networks.C. image recognition.D. translation software.Multiple Choice: Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to question 4?A. "With machine learning, the latest A.I. technology, computers might finally be able to follow suit." (Paragraph 7)B. "This is why the seemingly simple task of teaching a machine to compose a sonnet is such a complex programming feat" (Paragraph 7)C. "Knight's general expertise is in natural language processing, the area of computer science that is all about generating and understanding human language." (Paragraph 8)D. "Without neural nets, even the best programs couldn't write complete sentences." (Paragraph 8)