Milk and Honey Quizzes

Milk and Honey Quiz "the hurting"

By Isabella Ribeiro · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed September 19, 2023

1 Where in the collection does this section occur?

In the second section, representing the speaker's childhood

It is the first section, representing the speaker's childhood

Right after the speaker's breakup in the second section

Right after the speaker's breakup in the third section
2 Who asks the speaker how it is so easy for her to be kind in the first poem of this section?

The speaker's brother

The speaker's boyfriend

An unidentified "he"

The speaker's father
3 What drips from the speaker's lips in the first poem of this section?

Blood

Milk and honey

Water

Milk
4 Why does the speaker say that it is easy for her to be kind to others in the first poem of this section?

Because people have not been kind to her

Because she was raised to be kind

Because people have shown her kindness

Because her faith in God teaches her to be kind
5 What simile is used to describe the way the speaker was handled during her first kiss?

Like a bicycle

Like the handlebars of a bicycle

Like a car seat

Like a steering wheel
6 How old was the speaker at the time of her first kiss?

6

4

5

7
7 The lips of the first boy who kissed the speaker smell like ___

Desire

Hunger

Thirst

Starvation
8 What does the speaker's first kiss teach her about her body?

That her body is her own

That her body is capable of teaching herself and others

That her body is for giving to those that want her to feel less than whole

That her body exists to be manhandled
9 The experience of her first kiss leaves the speaker with a feeling of ___

Dissatisfaction

Starvation

Emptiness

Desire
10 The first drawing in the collection depicts a woman's naked body accompanying a poem comparing her body to a home. This suggests that___

The speaker feels satisfied with her life.

The speaker's body has tattoos.

The speaker's body is a home that has been mistreated by others.

The speaker does not want others to be guests in her home.
11 In "-midweek sessions," how does Kaur describe the doll?

It is the same doll that the speaker played with as a child.

The speaker still likes playing with dolls.

It is the size of girls that the speaker's uncle liked touching.

The doll is haunted.
12 What does the grammar of "the size of girls / your uncles like touching" suggest?

The use of plural suggests the speaker has recurring nightmares.

The grammar does not suggest anything.

The use of plural suggests that multiple instances of abuse occurred.

The line break suggests that this was a family issue.
13 What does the abuse recounted in this poem suggest?

The speaker actually doesn't feel anything.

The speaker has had traumatic experiences and could have difficulty in her relationships with others and herself.

The speaker is Kaur herself.

The speaker will definitely heal from her trauma.
14 According to the speaker, who is supposed to be "the first male love of your life"?

God

Boyfriend

Father

Self
15 Describe the drawing accompanying the poem "you were so afraid / of my voice / i decided to be / afraid of it too"

The girl closes her eyes as someone covers her mouth.

Someone else's hand covers the face of a shocked girl with wide eyes.

The girl covers her own mouth with her hand.

The girl closes her eyes as places her hand over mouth.
16 What does the speaker say happens when fathers yell at their daughters?

The fathers teach their daughters to yell back.

The daughters learn to always stay silent.

The daughters learn to confront issues head-on.

The fathers teach their daughters to confuse anger with kindness.
17 How does Kaur define sex?

As abuse.

As an act that requires consent on the part of both people. If not, then it is rape.

As a fun and loving exchange between people.

As making love.
18 Why might there be a scorpion drawn beside "the idea that we are / so capable of love / but still choose / to be toxic"?

Scorpions are dangerous because of their poison.

Scorpions are beautiful creatures.

The speaker has a pet scorpion.

The speaker has a tattoo of a scorpion.
19 What is defined as the biggest illusion in the world in "there is no bigger illusion in the world"?

That women can't find happiness.

The idea that a woman is not equal to men.

The idea that a woman will dishonor her home is she tries to keep herself safe.

That the speaker will not find happiness in Western culture.
20 What does Kaur ultimately say about rape?

That it will affect all of your future relationships.

That it will destroy your life.

That it will tear you in half, but it won't end you.

That it will make you numb to all feelings.
21 What does Kaur state about the relationship between fathers and daughters?

A daughter should not have to beg her father for a relationship.

Fathers can never be as close to daughters as mothers can.

It is wrong for family members to yell at each other.

A father should not have to beg his daughter for a relationship.
22 What simile is used to describe the notion of taking up space in "-the idea of shrinking is hereditary"?

Taking up space is compared to flying as opposed to falling.

Shrinking is compared to sitting in a wooden chair as opposed to a loveseat.

Shrinking is compared to a balloon that is pricked.

Taking up space is compared to writing with your left hand when you're right-handed.
23 What does fire represent in "you tell me to quiet down..."?

The speaker's happiness

The danger of where the speaker lives

The speaker's passion

The speaker's stomach condition of IBS
24 What was the speaker's first act of disappearance in "-the art of being empty"?

When she was sexually abused

Being born

When she was physically abused

When she was humiliated in kindergarten
25 What quality does the speaker inherit from her father in the homage to Warsan Shire's "Inheritance"?

Loneliness

Rage

Happiness

Calmness

Essays for Milk and Honey

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