Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

virgin

maiden

damsel
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
cool

black

stationary

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

Sexuality

Love

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

her shoes

her skirts

her hat
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____
difficult

easy

divine

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

a carpet

a curtain

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

Flowers and Insects

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow
8 The poem's action takes place in
a windowsill

a field

a garden

a forest
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 English Literature

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and Religious Studies

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

crawls

flies

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her recklessness

her sexuality

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

eye

crucible

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

sleep

intoxication

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

appeal

heat

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

death

draught

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the fly

the bee

death

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

allusion

understatment

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

lecherous

hairy

hot-eyed
20 Hughes and Baskin also collaborated on which of the poet's major collections?
Birthday Letters

Tales from Ovid

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
new life

sexual frivolity

nature

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

anti-anxiety drugs

alcoholic beverages

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

teaching methods

private life

poetic achievments
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?
the action pauses

future

past

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

love for the bee

modesty

chastity

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