Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

maiden

damsel

queen

virgin
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

black

cool

stationary

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

Sexuality

Death

Time

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

her hat

her skirts

her shoes

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

divine

difficult

easy

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

skirts

a fringe

a curtain

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

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain

Birthday Letters

Flowers and Insects
8 The poem's action takes place in

a garden

a field

a windowsill

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

Oxford

London

Cambridge

Yorkshire
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and German Literature

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

flies

crawls

scrambles

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her pleasure

her breath

her sexuality

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

eye

crucible

stem

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

pleasure

intoxication

death

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

appeal

heat

drug

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

disease

draught

death

drug
17 The poem's major antagonist is

death

the fly

time

the bee
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

lewd

hairy

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

Birthday Letters

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Tales from Ovid
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

new life

death

nature

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

narcotic drugs

alcoholic beverages

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs
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?

past

present

the action pauses

future
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______

sexual appeal

love for the bee

modesty

chastity

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