Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

damsel

virgin

queen
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
hot

black

stationary

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

Love

Sexuality

Time
4 What will the poppy soon "throw off?"
her hat

her shoes

her stockings

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

difficult

pained

easy
6 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the poppy's petals?
a curtain

a carpet

skirts

a fringe
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?
The Hawk and The Rain

Flowers and Insects

Birthday Letters

Crow
8 The poem's action takes place in
a field

a forest

a windowsill

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

Yorkshire

Oxford

Cambridge
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied
Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and Archaeology

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

flies

scrambles

crawls
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her recklessness

her pleasure

her breath

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

crucible

coffin

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

sleep

death

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

drug

appeal

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

death

draught

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is
death

the bee

the fly

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

understatment

metaphor

allusion
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?
hot-eyed

hairy

lecherous

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

Birthday Letters

Tales from Ovid

The Hawk and The Rain
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
sexual frivolity

death

nature

new life
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______
stimulant durgs

alcoholic beverages

narcotic drugs

anti-anxiety drugs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.
poetic achievments

private life

teaching methods

artistic collaborations
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?
future

past

present

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

love for the bee

modesty

sexual appeal

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