Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?
Summer

Spring

Winter

Fall
2 What constellation do the speaker and her partner notice?
Hydra

Centaurus

Orion

Ursa Major
3 What does the speaker say her mouth is full of?
ash

dust

sea

stars
4 What makes the sound of "thunder" in the poem?
the speaker's voice

the supernova

rolling trash cans

the bending trees
5 "Look, we are not _________ things"
unremarkable

these vulnerable

these terrified

unspectacular
6 "I wish to reclaim _______"
the rising

our skyline

what's forgotten

my birthright
7 "Man, we should really learn _______"
some new constellations

the needs of those around us

more about Kentucky

the names of these trees
8 Which of the following does the speaker NOT say she wants to lean towards/into?
what's larger in us

how we were born

the spotlight of streetlight

our synapses and flesh
9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to?
the arrows we make

winter's icy hand

the dust of stars

the rising tides
10 Which of the following best describes the shift in mood during the poem?
confined to inspiring

betrayed to angry

blissful to frightened

mournful to relaxed
11 What does the speaker imagine we can "use our bodies to bargain" for?
recognition and prestige

equal representation

the safety of others and earth

better homes
12 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker's ideas of a better world?
loving

fearless

defiant

selfish
13 What type of sentence dominates the second half of the poem?
Exclamatory

Persuasive

Interrogative

Declarative
14 What poetic technique does Limón use very rarely at the beginning of the poem, and more towards the end?
Visual imagery

Enjambment

Rhyme

Personification
15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to?
raccoons

horses

spiders

dogs
16 Which of the following causes does the speaker seem to advocate for in the poem?
Religious freedom

Environmental justice

Gun control

Education reform
17 Which of the following boundaries is Ada Limón NOT exploring prominently in this poem?
The domestic and the outside world

The terrestrial and the celestial

The mundane and the transcendent

The mechanical and the organic
18 How many stanzas does this poem have?
1

28

15

None
19 What is this poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Free verse

Trochaic trimeter

Dactylic hexameter
20 In what book did this poem appear?
Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying
21 Where was this poem first published?
The Smithsonian Magazine

Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets

Instagram

In a book
22 Who does "you" likely refer to in this poem?
Orion

the reader

the poet's dog

the poet's husband
23 What is Ada Limón's full-time occupation, outside of writing?
Politician

None

Horse racing

Professor
24 Which of the following positions did Ada Limón take up in 2022?
U.S. Poet Laureate

Professor Emerita

Presidential Poet

Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine
25 Which of the following is true about stars?
That our bodies will one day all turn into stars

That all the stars in our sky are already dead

That the stars we see have existed forever

That we are seeing light from the past when we look at stars

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