Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?

Spring

Winter

Summer

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

Hydra

Ursa Major

Centaurus

Orion
3 What does the speaker say her mouth is full of?

sea

dust

stars

ash
4 What makes the sound of "thunder" in the poem?

the bending trees

the speaker's voice

the supernova

rolling trash cans
5 "Look, we are not _________ things"

unspectacular

these vulnerable

these terrified

unremarkable
6 "I wish to reclaim _______"

what's forgotten

the rising

my birthright

our skyline
7 "Man, we should really learn _______"

the needs of those around us

some new constellations

more about Kentucky

the names of these trees
8 Which of the following does the speaker NOT say she wants to lean towards/into?

how we were born

what's larger in us

our synapses and flesh

the spotlight of streetlight
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

blissful to frightened

mournful to relaxed

betrayed to angry
11 What does the speaker imagine we can "use our bodies to bargain" for?

equal representation

better homes

recognition and prestige

the safety of others and earth
12 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker's ideas of a better world?

selfish

loving

defiant

fearless
13 What type of sentence dominates the second half of the poem?

Declarative

Interrogative

Exclamatory

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

Visual imagery

Personification

Enjambment

Rhyme
15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to?

spiders

dogs

raccoons

horses
16 Which of the following causes does the speaker seem to advocate for in the poem?

Religious freedom

Education reform

Gun control

Environmental justice
17 Which of the following boundaries is Ada Limón NOT exploring prominently in this poem?

The mechanical and the organic

The mundane and the transcendent

The domestic and the outside world

The terrestrial and the celestial
18 How many stanzas does this poem have?

1

None

28

15
19 What is this poem's meter?

Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic trimeter
20 In what book did this poem appear?

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Carrying
21 Where was this poem first published?

Instagram

Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets

The Smithsonian Magazine

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

Orion

the reader

the poet's husband

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

Professor

Horse racing

None

Politician
24 Which of the following positions did Ada Limón take up in 2022?

U.S. Poet Laureate

Professor Emerita

Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine

Presidential Poet
25 Which of the following is true about stars?

That the stars we see have existed forever

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

That our bodies will one day all turn into stars

That all the stars in our sky are already dead

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