Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?
Winter

Spring

Fall

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

Ursa Major

Hydra

Centaurus
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 bending trees

the supernova

rolling trash cans

the speaker's voice
5 "Look, we are not _________ things"
these terrified

unremarkable

these vulnerable

unspectacular
6 "I wish to reclaim _______"
my birthright

what's forgotten

the rising

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

our synapses and flesh

the spotlight of streetlight

what's larger in us
9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to?
winter's icy hand

the dust of stars

the rising tides

the arrows we make
10 Which of the following best describes the shift in mood during the poem?
blissful to frightened

betrayed to angry

mournful to relaxed

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

the safety of others and earth

better homes

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

defiant

selfish

fearless
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?
Rhyme

Enjambment

Visual imagery

Personification
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?
Education reform

Gun control

Environmental justice

Religious freedom
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 terrestrial and the celestial

The domestic and the outside world
18 How many stanzas does this poem have?
15

None

1

28
19 What is this poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Free verse

Dactylic hexameter

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?
In a book

Instagram

The Smithsonian Magazine

Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets
22 Who does "you" likely refer to in this poem?
the reader

the poet's husband

Orion

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

None

Horse racing

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

U.S. Poet Laureate

Professor Emerita

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

That the stars we see have existed forever

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