Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

maiden

virgin

damsel
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
cool

stationary

hot

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

Time

Love

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

difficult

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

a curtain

skirts

a carpet
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?
Flowers and Insects

Crow

Birthday Letters

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

a garden

a windowsill

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

Cambridge

Yorkshire

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

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and German Literature

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

crawls

flies

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her breath

her recklessness

her pleasure

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

stem

crucible

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

death

pleasure

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

heat

drug

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

death

disease

drug
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the fly

time

the bee

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

hyperbole

understatment

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?
Tales from Ovid

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Birthday Letters
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
death

nature

sexual frivolity

new life
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______
narcotic drugs

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs

alcoholic beverages
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.
teaching methods

private life

poetic achievments

artistic collaborations
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?
future

the action pauses

past

present
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
chastity

sexual appeal

love for the bee

modesty

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