Poetry Test

What is the correct meter for a sonnet?

• Iambic pentameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Anapestic hexameter

• Dactylic pentameter

How many lines does a limerick typically have?

• 5

• 8

• 10

• 14

Which of the following poems consists of 19 lines with a specific rhyming pattern?

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Villanelle

• Haiku

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• AABBA

• ABAAB

• ABCBDEFE

In which poetry form does the final word of one line rhyme with the final word of the next line?

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Villanelle

• Haiku

How many tercets are in a villanelle?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which of the following is an example of iambic pentameter?

• To be or not to be, that is the question

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

• Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me

• The sun descending in the west, The evening star does shine

What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?

• AABBA

• ABCAB

• ABCCBA

• AAAAB

The rhyme scheme of the villanelle is aba for the first 5 stanzas and abaa for the last stanza.

• True

• False

If this were the first stanza of a villanelle, what would the last line of the third stanza be?
Time can say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you, I would let you know.

• Time can say nothing but I told you so
• Time only knows the price we have to pay
• If I could tell you, I would let you know