The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

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

Spring

Fall

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

Eagles

Horses

Cows
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Free verse poetry

Visual or concrete poetry

Spoken-word slam poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Frequently

In every poem

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

Almost never
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
International foreign policy

Humanity's relationship with nature

Environmental justice

Feminism
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?
Wife

The Leash

The End of Poetry

Dead Stars
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
The Leash

Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

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

The End of Poetry

Dead Stars

The Leash
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"
The Leash

Dead Stars

Wife

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

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Dead Stars
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

Wife

The End of Poetry
12 Which of the following poems draws on the sonnet form?
Wife

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up

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

The Hurting Kind

Lucky Wreck

Bright Dead Things
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
Mexico

California

Kentucky

New York
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?
Mexico

California

New York

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

New York

Kentucky

Mexico
17 What single-poem award has Limón won twice, for "How to Triumph Like a Girl" and "The Leash"?
The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pearl Poetry Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
18 Which of Limón's books, also the first after her 2011 move, represented a major breakthrough in popularity?
The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?
Chicago Poet Laureate

Host of "The Slowdown"

U.S. Poet Laureate

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?
Her pug, Lily Bean

Her cat, Olive

Her husband, Lucas

Her sister, Natalie
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?
Loss of a family member

Miscarriage

A cross-country move

Domestic life
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Feminist

Emotional

Religious

Natural
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 frustrating inconvenience to her work

They are the truest expression of the human heart

They are a part of life to be felt deeply and navigated
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Marketing writer

Horse racing journalist

None

Botanist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
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

The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

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