Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

1 Which of Trethewey's collections received the Pulitzer Prize?
Domestic Work

Monument

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Removed

Heated

Reflective

Opaque
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
New Orleans' red-light district

The Gulf Coast

Austin, Texas

Ship Island
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Corsicana, Texas

Charlottesville, Virginia

Durham, North Carolina

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton

John Adams
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
A series of haikus

A sequence of sonnets

Epic

Villanelle
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
In New Orleans, Louisiana

In Mount Vernon, Virginia

On the Pacific Coast

In the Southern U.S.
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her father

Her mother

Her grandmother

Her aunt
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
A photo shoot

The Civil War

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Achilles

Odysseus

Orpheus

Hercules
11 When was Native Guard published?
2007

2018

2005

2006
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
Trethewey herself

A Union General

A soldier in one of the first Black regiments of the Union Army

A Confederate prisoner of war
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
Trethewey's father's silhouette

A ruin

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

A sunset at Monticello
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Dreams

Fear

Race

Nature
15 When did Trethewey serve as U.S. Poet Laureate?
2010-2011

2015-2016

2018-2020

2012-2014
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Metaphor

Alliteration

Irony

Hyperbole
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Civil War monuments

Portraits of mixed-race families

Early photographs

History books
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
In an art gallery

At a Southern beach

At Monticello

In a small home
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
A cross

The shades on a window

The wick of a lantern

The moon
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
The Civil War

Thomas Jefferson's legacy

A historical monument in Virginia

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia

Monument

Domestic Work
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
Alex Gardner

Gustave LeGray

James Mudd

E.J. Bellocq
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Depicting warfare

Describing large scenes

Elevating traditionally marginalized voices

Capturing period details
24 To what does Trethewey compare the past in "Enlightenment"?
A beautiful ruin

A broken photography plate

A looming rain cloud

A candle wick
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a visit to New Orleans

During a major Civil War battle

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