Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

1 Which of Trethewey's collections received the Pulitzer Prize?
Bellocq's Ophelia

Domestic Work

Monument

Native Guard
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Opaque

Reflective

Heated

Removed
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
The Gulf Coast

Ship Island

Austin, Texas

New Orleans' red-light district
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Durham, North Carolina

Corsicana, Texas

Charlottesville, Virginia

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
Epic

Villanelle

A series of haikus

A sequence of sonnets
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
In New Orleans, Louisiana

On the Pacific Coast

In Mount Vernon, Virginia

In the Southern U.S.
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her mother

Her grandmother

Her aunt

Her father
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning

The Civil War

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

A photo shoot
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Achilles

Orpheus

Hercules

Odysseus
11 When was Native Guard published?
2007

2018

2006

2005
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A Union General

A Confederate prisoner of war

A soldier in one of the first Black regiments of the Union Army

Trethewey herself
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
A sunset at Monticello

Trethewey's father's silhouette

A ruin

A painting of Thomas Jefferson
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Nature

Race

Dreams

Fear
15 When did Trethewey serve as U.S. Poet Laureate?
2015-2016

2018-2020

2012-2014

2010-2011
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Irony

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metaphor
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Civil War monuments

Portraits of mixed-race families

Early photographs

History books
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
In an art gallery

At a Southern beach

At Monticello

In a small home
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
A cross

The wick of a lantern

The shades on a window

The moon
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
The Civil War

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

A historical monument in Virginia

Thomas Jefferson's legacy
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Bellocq's Ophelia

Monument

Native Guard

Domestic Work
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
Alex Gardner

James Mudd

Gustave LeGray

E.J. Bellocq
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Describing large scenes

Depicting warfare

Elevating traditionally marginalized voices

Capturing period details
24 To what does Trethewey compare the past in "Enlightenment"?
A broken photography plate

A beautiful ruin

A candle wick

A looming rain cloud
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During a visit to New Orleans

During a major Civil War battle

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

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