Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

damsel

maiden

virgin
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
stationary

hot

black

cool
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"
Death

Sexuality

Love

Time
4 What will the poppy soon "throw off?"
her shoes

her stockings

her hat

her skirts
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____
easy

divine

pained

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

a carpet

skirts

a fringe
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?
Crow

Flowers and Insects

Birthday Letters

The Hawk and The Rain
8 The poem's action takes place in
a field

a garden

a windowsill

a forest
9 Hughes' childhood in which area of England greatly influenced his writing?
Oxford

Cambridge

Yorkshire

London
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied
Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and Archaeology
11 The bee ______ into the poppy's petals
crawls

clambers

flies

scrambles
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her breath

her sexuality

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

eye

crucible

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

sleep

pleasure

intoxication
15 "Her crucible/ is falling apart with its own _________"
drug

appeal

heat

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

disease

draught

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the fly

the bee

death

time
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?
understatment

allusion

hyperbole

metaphor
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?
lewd

lecherous

hot-eyed

hairy
20 Hughes and Baskin also collaborated on which of the poet's major collections?
Tales from Ovid

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Birthday Letters
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
sexual frivolity

new life

death

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

narcotic drugs

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.
artistic collaborations

poetic achievments

teaching methods

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

the action pauses

present

past
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
modesty

love for the bee

chastity

sexual appeal

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