Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

maiden

damsel

queen

virgin
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

stationary

cool

black

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

Death

Love

Time

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

her hat

her skirts

her stockings

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

easy

divine

difficult

pained
6 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the poppy's petals?

a carpet

a curtain

a fringe

skirts
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain

Flowers and Insects

Birthday Letters
8 The poem's action takes place in

a windowsill

a garden

a field

a forest
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 Archaeology

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and English Literature

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

clambers

scrambles

flies

crawls
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her recklessness

her sexuality

her breath

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

crucible

stem

coffin

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

intoxication

sleep

death

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

appeal

heat

drug

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

drug

disease

death

draught
17 The poem's major antagonist is

the fly

time

the bee

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

metaphor

understatment

hyperbole

allusion
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?

lecherous

hot-eyed

lewd

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

Birthday Letters

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Tales from Ovid
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

sexual frivolity

new life

nature

death
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______

narcotic drugs

alcoholic beverages

stimulant durgs

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

poetic achievments

artistic collaborations

teaching methods

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

past

future

present

the action pauses
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______

chastity

modesty

sexual appeal

love for the bee

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