Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

1 In the first line, the poppy is described as a _____
maiden

virgin

queen

damsel
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
black

stationary

cool

hot
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"
Love

Death

Time

Sexuality
4 What will the poppy soon "throw off?"
her hat

her skirts

her stockings

her shoes
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____
divine

easy

pained

difficult
6 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the poppy's petals?
a curtain

a carpet

a fringe

skirts
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?
The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Birthday Letters

Flowers and Insects
8 The poem's action takes place in
a garden

a forest

a field

a windowsill
9 Hughes' childhood in which area of England greatly influenced his writing?
London

Yorkshire

Cambridge

Oxford
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied
Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and Religious Studies
11 The bee ______ into the poppy's petals
scrambles

flies

crawls

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her breath

her recklessness

her sexuality
13 The "cradle" of the poppy's offspring is also her
stem

crucible

eye

coffin
14 As a symbol, the poppy is NOT associated with _______
death

intoxication

sleep

pleasure
15 "Her crucible/ is falling apart with its own _________"
heat

appeal

fierceness

drug
16 The poppy's "dark pod" is cooking its _____
drug

disease

draught

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is
time

the bee

the fly

death
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?
allusion

metaphor

understatment

hyperbole
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?
hairy

lecherous

hot-eyed

lewd
20 Hughes and Baskin also collaborated on which of the poet's major collections?
The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Tales from Ovid

Birthday Letters
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
new life

death

nature

sexual frivolity
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______
alcoholic beverages

anti-anxiety drugs

narcotic drugs

stimulant durgs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.
artistic collaborations

teaching methods

poetic achievments

private life
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?
past

the action pauses

present

future
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
sexual appeal

modesty

love for the bee

chastity

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