The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

1 What season has Limón repeatedly personified in her poems?
Winter

Summer

Fall

Spring
2 Aside from her dog, which of the following animals does Limón regularly write about?
Eagles

Horses

Dolphins

Cows
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Visual or concrete poetry

Spoken-word slam poetry

Free verse poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Almost never

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

In every poem

Frequently
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
Environmental justice

Humanity's relationship with nature

International foreign policy

Feminism
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?
The End of Poetry

Wife

Dead Stars

The Leash
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
Instructions on Not Giving Up

Wife

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl
8 Which poem contains the line, "We are not unspectacular things"?
Dead Stars

The End of Poetry

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

Wife

Dead Stars
10 Which of the following poems does NOT take place on a suburban street?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Dead Stars
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?
The End of Poetry

Wife

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash
12 Which of the following poems draws on the sonnet form?
Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

The End of Poetry
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
Lucky Wreck

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
New York

Kentucky

California

Mexico
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?
Kentucky

Mexico

New York

California
16 Where was Ada Limón living and working when her first two books came out?
Kentucky

California

Mexico

New York
17 What single-poem award has Limón won twice, for "How to Triumph Like a Girl" and "The Leash"?
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The Pearl Poetry Prize
18 Which of Limón's books, also the first after her 2011 move, represented a major breakthrough in popularity?
The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?
U.S. Poet Laureate

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

Chicago Poet Laureate

Host of "The Slowdown"
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?
Her sister, Natalie

Her husband, Lucas

Her cat, Olive

Her pug, Lily Bean
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?
Loss of a family member

Domestic life

Miscarriage

A cross-country move
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Natural

Feminist

Emotional

Religious
23 How would you describe Ada Limón's opinion of negative emotions in her work?
They are a result of an unhappy marriage

They are a part of life to be felt deeply and navigated

They are the truest expression of the human heart

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Botanist

None

Marketing writer

Horse racing journalist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

Her first two books, Lucky Wreck and This Big Fake World, came out within a year of each other

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