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

cool

black

stationary
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"
Love

Sexuality

Death

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

her skirts

her hat

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

difficult

pained

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

a curtain

a fringe

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

The Hawk and The Rain

Flowers and Insects

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

a forest

a windowsill

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

Yorkshire

London

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

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and Religious Studies

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

flies

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
coffin

stem

crucible

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

sleep

intoxication

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

fierceness

heat

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

drug

draught

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is
death

the fly

the bee

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?
lecherous

hot-eyed

hairy

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 ________
nature

new life

death

sexual frivolity
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.
teaching methods

private life

poetic achievments

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

sexual appeal

modesty

love for the bee

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