Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

queen

damsel

maiden

virgin
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

hot

cool

stationary

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

Love

Death

Time

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

her shoes

her hat

her stockings

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

difficult

pained

easy

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

a curtain

skirts

a fringe

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

Crow

Birthday Letters

Flowers and Insects

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

a windowsill

a forest

a garden

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

Yorkshire

Oxford

Cambridge

London
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and Archaeology

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

crawls

flies

scrambles

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her pleasure

her sexuality

her recklessness

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

coffin

eye

stem

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

sleep

intoxication

pleasure

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

heat

appeal

drug

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

disease

draught

drug

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is

time

the bee

death

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

understatment

hyperbole

metaphor

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

Crow

Birthday Letters

Tales from Ovid
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

nature

death

new life

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

anti-anxiety drugs

alcoholic beverages

stimulant durgs

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

artistic collaborations

poetic achievments

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

love for the bee

sexual appeal

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