1. Types of Poetry
Practice Test

2. 1. The only type of poetry that is a narrative.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

3. 1. The only type of poetry that is a narrative.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

4. 2. It is called the “opposites” poem and is shaped like a diamond.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

5. 2. It is called the “opposites” poem and is shaped like a diamond.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

6. 3. It is a reverent poem that celebrates, almost worships, its subject.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

7. 3. It is a reverent poem that celebrates, almost worships, its subject.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

8. 4. It is a silly, jingle of five lines that has a rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b,a.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

9. 4. It is a silly, jingle of five lines that has a rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b,a.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

10. 5. A formal, 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

11. 5. A formal, 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

12. 6. A three-line poem that originated in Japan.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

13. 6. A three-line poem that originated in Japan.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

14. 7. A five-line poem that is sometimes called the “part of speech” poem.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

15. 7. A five-line poem that is sometimes called the “part of speech” poem.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

16. 8. A poem that laments, or grieves, a person’s death.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

17. 8. A poem that laments, or grieves, a person’s death.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

18. 9. A poem that requires line 1 to have one noun, line 2 to have two adjectives, line 3 to have three verbs, line 4 to have a four-word phrase, and line 5 to have a synonym for the first line.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

19. 9. A poem that requires line 1 to have one noun, line 2 to have two adjectives, line 3 to have three verbs, line 4 to have a four-word phrase, and line 5 to have a synonym for the first line.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

20. 10. A poem that is always about the delicateness of one moment in nature. It has 5 syllables in line one, 7 syllables in line two, and 5 syllables in line three.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

21. 10. A poem that is always about the delicateness of one moment in nature. It has 5 syllables in line one, 7 syllables in line two, and 5 syllables in line three.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

22. 11. A five-line poem that has a rhythm of trimeter, trimeter, dimeter, dimeter, trimeter.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

23. 11. A five-line poem that has a rhythm of trimeter, trimeter, dimeter, dimeter, trimeter.
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku

24. 12. Some of the poems of this type that we studied in class were about a Grecian urn, a nightingale, enchanted light, and the morning.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

25. 12. Some of the poems of this type that we studied in class were about a Grecian urn, a nightingale, enchanted light, and the morning.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

26. 13. The poems we discussed in class that are of this type are “from John Brown’s Body” and “The Odyssey.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

27. 13. The poems we discussed in class that are of this type are “from John Brown’s Body” and “The Odyssey.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

28. 14. Two examples of poems of this type that we studied in class are “O Captain, my Captain!” and “She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

29. 14. Two examples of poems of this type that we studied in class are “O Captain, my Captain!” and “She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

30. 15. Two examples of poems of this type that we studied in class are “Harriet Beecher Stowe” and “How do I Love Thee.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

31. 15. Two examples of poems of this type that we studied in class are “Harriet Beecher Stowe” and “How do I Love Thee.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

32. 16. These are examples of which type of poem?
Racing dessert
fast, zip cold, creamy
buzzing, rushing, flying eating, giggling, licking
drivers on the track cone with three scoops
NASCAR ice cream
A). Cinquain E). Ode
B). Diamonte F). Elegy
C). Limerick G). Sonnet
D). Haiku H). Epic

33. 16. These are examples of which type of poem?
Racing dessert
fast, zip cold, creamy
buzzing, rushing, flying eating, giggling, licking
drivers on the track cone with three scoops
NASCAR ice cream
A). Cinquain E). Ode
B). Diamonte F). Elegy
C). Limerick G). Sonnet
D). Haiku H). Epic

34. 17. This is an example of which type of poem?
Angie no one knows what really happened to her all they know is that she is dead some people say it was foul play some people say it was something wrong in her head but then I began to have these weird dreams about her some beautiful some horrible how do I know what’s real and what’s a fantasy when Angie's not here to tell
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

35. 17. This is an example of which type of poem?
Angie no one knows what really happened to her all they know is that she was good and dead some people say it was foul play some people say it was something wrong in her head but then I began to have these weird dreams about her some beautiful some horrible but how do we know what’s real and what’s a fantasy when Angie's not here to tell
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic

36. 17. This is an example of which type of poem?
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
Had what I call a very close shave.
He stepped on a bear,
That had dozed off in there.
I’m glad he was faster than brave.

37. 17. This is an example of which type of poem?
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
Had what I call a very close shave.
He stepped on a bear,
That had dozed off in there.
I’m glad he was faster than brave.