Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

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

Monument

Native Guard

Domestic Work
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Removed

Heated

Opaque

Reflective
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
New Orleans' red-light district

The Gulf Coast

Austin, Texas

Ship Island
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Durham, North Carolina

Gulfport, Mississippi

Corsicana, Texas

Charlottesville, Virginia
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Alexander Hamilton

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
A sequence of sonnets

Villanelle

Epic

A series of haikus
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
In the Southern U.S.

In Mount Vernon, Virginia

In New Orleans, Louisiana

On the Pacific Coast
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her father

Her grandmother

Her aunt

Her mother
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

A photo shoot

A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning

The Civil War
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Odysseus

Hercules

Achilles

Orpheus
11 When was Native Guard published?
2018

2006

2005

2007
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A soldier in one of the first Black regiments of the Union Army

Trethewey herself

A Union General

A Confederate prisoner of war
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
A sunset at Monticello

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

A ruin

Trethewey's father's silhouette
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Dreams

Fear

Race

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

2010-2011

2012-2014

2018-2020
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Alliteration

Irony

Hyperbole

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

Early photographs

History books

Portraits of mixed-race families
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
At a Southern beach

At Monticello

In an art gallery

In a small home
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
The moon

The shades on a window

The wick of a lantern

A cross
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
A historical monument in Virginia

The Civil War

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

Thomas Jefferson's legacy
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Domestic Work

Monument

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
E.J. Bellocq

James Mudd

Alex Gardner

Gustave LeGray
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Capturing period details

Depicting warfare

Describing large scenes

Elevating traditionally marginalized voices
24 To what does Trethewey compare the past in "Enlightenment"?
A candle wick

A broken photography plate

A looming rain cloud

A beautiful ruin
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During a major Civil War battle

During a visit to New Orleans

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

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