Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

1 In the first line, the poppy is described as a _____
queen

damsel

virgin

maiden
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
stationary

cool

black

hot
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"
Sexuality

Time

Death

Love
4 What will the poppy soon "throw off?"
her skirts

her stockings

her hat

her shoes
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____
easy

pained

difficult

divine
6 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the poppy's petals?
a curtain

a fringe

a carpet

skirts
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?
Crow

Birthday Letters

Flowers and Insects

The Hawk and The Rain
8 The poem's action takes place in
a windowsill

a field

a garden

a forest
9 Hughes' childhood in which area of England greatly influenced his writing?
Cambridge

Yorkshire

Oxford

London
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied
Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and German Literature
11 The bee ______ into the poppy's petals
scrambles

crawls

clambers

flies
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her recklessness

her sexuality

her breath
13 The "cradle" of the poppy's offspring is also her
crucible

coffin

eye

stem
14 As a symbol, the poppy is NOT associated with _______
intoxication

pleasure

sleep

death
15 "Her crucible/ is falling apart with its own _________"
drug

appeal

heat

fierceness
16 The poppy's "dark pod" is cooking its _____
drug

death

draught

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the bee

death

the fly

time
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?
metaphor

understatment

hyperbole

allusion
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?
hot-eyed

hairy

lewd

lecherous
20 Hughes and Baskin also collaborated on which of the poet's major collections?
Crow

The Hawk and The Rain

Birthday Letters

Tales from Ovid
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
sexual frivolity

death

new life

nature
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______
stimulant durgs

alcoholic beverages

narcotic drugs

anti-anxiety drugs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.
teaching methods

poetic achievments

private life

artistic collaborations
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?
future

present

the action pauses

past
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
sexual appeal

modesty

chastity

love for the bee

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