Big Poppy Quizzes

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Big Poppy Quiz

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

queen

maiden

damsel

virgin
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

hot

stationary

cool

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

Time

Love

Death

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

her shoes

her skirts

her hat

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

pained

easy

divine

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

a curtain

a fringe

skirts

a carpet
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 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 Archaeology

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and English Literature

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

clambers

crawls

scrambles

flies
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her sexuality

her recklessness

her breath

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

coffin

stem

eye

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

intoxication

pleasure

sleep

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

drug

heat

appeal

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

draught

disease

death

drug
17 The poem's major antagonist is

death

the bee

time

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

allusion

hyperbole

understatment

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

lecherous

hairy

lewd

hot-eyed
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 ________

sexual frivolity

nature

new life

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

alcoholic beverages

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs

narcotic drugs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.

teaching methods

poetic achievments

artistic collaborations

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

the action pauses

past

future

present
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______

love for the bee

modesty

sexual appeal

chastity

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