The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
bony

Australian

dramatic

flowery
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
religious prediction

a winged seed

contrast of light and dark

a small songbird
3 What does "samara" mean?
a winged seed

religious prediction

contrast of light and dark

a small songbird
4 What song does Limón allude to?
The Star-Spangled Banner

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Paradise

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

religious allusion

videoconference troubleshooting

sports jargon
6 How is the farmer described?
American

certain

faithful

stoic
7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem?
father

brother

mother

child
8 What is on the dresser?
plant buds

a letter

locks of hair

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

willful

frozen

brutal
10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem?
sycamore

maple

chickadee

sunflower
11 What things are "not forgetting"?
our father and faith

god and our father

skin and god

the acquaintance and the gun
12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines?
longing

weary

desperate

sorrowful
13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"?
I am human

I am here

I cannot see you

I am asking you to touch me
14 "Enough of the air and its ______"
sorrow

worries

ease

animals
15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me"
the chickadee

her pet

the vaccine

her child
16 How many sentences is this poem?
1

none

5

22
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
none

2

22

1
18 What is the term for a poem about poetry?
ars poetica

poetic refrain

modernist poem

chiaroscuro
19 During what world event was this poem written?
The Iraq War

The COVID pandemic

The Spanish flu pandemic

World War II
20 What book contains this poem?
The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things
21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem?
alliteration

enjambment

simile

repetition
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as the only poem

as the first poem

as the last poem

as an endnote
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?
Wallace Stevens

Horace

Marianne Moore

Robert Pinsky
24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held?
marketing

biologist

Poet Laureate

podcasting
25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______"
touch

revision

failure

poetry

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