The rich and powerful got ornate monuments made in order to ____

• show off their wealth 

• display their power 

• show their artistic talent

• be remembered till posterity.

The poet addresses his sonnet to ____

• time 

• war

• the person he loves 

• powerful rulers.

In the line 'The living record of your memory', living record refers to ____

• the sonnet the poet has written for his friend 

• an existing statue of his friend

• his friend who lives in the poet's memory 

• the autobiography of the poet's friend. 

The poet's tone in the poem is ____

• despairing 

• optimistic 

• loving 

• admiring