Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

virgin

maiden

queen
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
hot

black

stationary

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

Love

Time

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

her skirts

her stockings

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 carpet

a curtain

skirts

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

Crow

Flowers and Insects

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

a windowsill

a field

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

Cambridge

London

Oxford
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied
Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and English Literature

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

crawls

scrambles

flies
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her breath

her recklessness

her sexuality
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

pleasure

sleep

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

appeal

fierceness

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

disease

death

draught
17 The poem's major antagonist is
time

death

the fly

the bee
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?
understatment

allusion

hyperbole

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

hot-eyed

lewd

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 ________
death

new life

sexual frivolity

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

narcotic drugs

stimulant durgs

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

private life

teaching methods

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

the action pauses

present

past
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
chastity

modesty

sexual appeal

love for the bee

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