The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
dramatic

Australian

flowery

bony
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
contrast of light and dark

religious prediction

a winged seed

a small songbird
3 What does "samara" mean?
religious prediction

a small songbird

a winged seed

contrast of light and dark
4 What song does Limón allude to?
The Star-Spangled Banner

Paradise

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Yankee Doodle
5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem?
religious allusion

videoconference troubleshooting

sports jargon

biological terminology
6 How is the farmer described?
certain

stoic

American

faithful
7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem?
brother

father

mother

child
8 What is on the dresser?
a letter

plant buds

locks of hair

the gun
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?
frozen

willful

brutal

desperate
10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem?
chickadee

maple

sycamore

sunflower
11 What things are "not forgetting"?
the acquaintance and the gun

skin and god

our father and faith

god and our father
12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines?
desperate

sorrowful

longing

weary
13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"?
I am asking you to touch me

I am here

I am human

I cannot see you
14 "Enough of the air and its ______"
ease

worries

animals

sorrow
15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me"
her child

the chickadee

her pet

the vaccine
16 How many sentences is this poem?
22

1

none

5
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
22

2

1

none
18 What is the term for a poem about poetry?
ars poetica

modernist poem

chiaroscuro

poetic refrain
19 During what world event was this poem written?
The Spanish flu pandemic

The COVID pandemic

World War II

The Iraq War
20 What book contains this poem?
The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind
21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem?
alliteration

simile

enjambment

repetition
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as an endnote

as the first poem

as the last poem

as the only poem
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?
Horace

Robert Pinsky

Marianne Moore

Wallace Stevens
24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held?
marketing

podcasting

biologist

Poet Laureate
25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______"
failure

touch

poetry

revision

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