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 ______
stationary

cool

hot

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

Love

Sexuality

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

her skirts

her stockings

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

pained

difficult

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

a curtain

a carpet

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

Flowers and Insects

Crow

Birthday Letters
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?
London

Oxford

Yorkshire

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

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and Religious Studies

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

clambers

scrambles

flies
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her recklessness

her sexuality

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

crucible

coffin

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

death

sleep

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

appeal

drug

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

draught

disease

drug
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the fly

time

death

the bee
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?
hyperbole

metaphor

understatment

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

hairy

hot-eyed

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

Tales from Ovid

Birthday Letters

Crow
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
death

sexual frivolity

nature

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

stimulant durgs

narcotic drugs

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

teaching methods

artistic collaborations

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

present

past

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

sexual appeal

modesty

love for the bee

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