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

stationary

black

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

Love

Sexuality

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

her hat

her shoes

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

divine

easy

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

a fringe

a carpet

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

Flowers and Insects

The Hawk and The Rain

Birthday Letters
8 The poem's action takes place in
a garden

a windowsill

a forest

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

Cambridge

Oxford

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

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and English Literature

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

scrambles

crawls

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her breath

her sexuality

her pleasure

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

stem

eye

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

sleep

pleasure

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

fierceness

appeal

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

drug

death

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the bee

death

the fly

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

understatment

hyperbole

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

lecherous

hairy

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

Tales from Ovid

Birthday Letters

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

new life

nature

death
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.
teaching methods

poetic achievments

artistic collaborations

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

the action pauses

past

present
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
sexual appeal

love for the bee

modesty

chastity

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