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

hot

stationary

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

Time

Love

Sexuality

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

her stockings

her hat

her skirts

her shoes
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

skirts

a carpet

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

Crow

Flowers and Insects

Birthday Letters

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 Archaeology

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and German Literature

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

clambers

flies

crawls

scrambles
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her pleasure

her breath

her recklessness

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

crucible

stem

eye

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

pleasure

death

sleep

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

fierceness

heat

appeal

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

draught

drug

death

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is

the bee

the fly

death

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

understatment

hyperbole

allusion

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

lewd

lecherous

hot-eyed

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

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Tales from Ovid

Birthday Letters
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

new life

sexual frivolity

death

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

narcotic drugs

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs

alcoholic beverages
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.

teaching methods

artistic collaborations

poetic achievments

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

present

future

past

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

sexual appeal

chastity

modesty

love for the bee

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