Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?

Fall

Winter

Spring

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

Centaurus

Ursa Major

Orion

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

stars

ash

dust

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

the supernova

the speaker's voice

the bending trees

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

these terrified

these vulnerable

unremarkable

unspectacular
6 "I wish to reclaim _______"

my birthright

our skyline

the rising

what's forgotten
7 "Man, we should really learn _______"

the needs of those around us

the names of these trees

some new constellations

more about Kentucky
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

our synapses and flesh

the spotlight of streetlight
9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to?

the arrows we make

the dust of stars

winter's icy hand

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?

better homes

recognition and prestige

the safety of others and earth

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

fearless

selfish

defiant

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

Declarative

Exclamatory

Persuasive

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

Personification

Visual imagery

Rhyme

Enjambment
15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to?

dogs

spiders

raccoons

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

Gun control

Religious freedom

Education reform

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

The mechanical and the organic

The domestic and the outside world

The terrestrial and the celestial

The mundane and the transcendent
18 How many stanzas does this poem have?

1

None

15

28
19 What is this poem's meter?

Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Trochaic trimeter

Iambic pentameter
20 In what book did this poem appear?

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Lucky Wreck
21 Where was this poem first published?

In a book

Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets

The Smithsonian Magazine

Instagram
22 Who does "you" likely refer to in this poem?

Orion

the poet's husband

the reader

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

Professor

None

Politician

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

U.S. Poet Laureate

Presidential Poet

Professor Emerita

Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine
25 Which of the following is true about stars?

That all the stars in our sky are already dead

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

That the stars we see have existed forever

That our bodies will one day all turn into stars

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