Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

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

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia

Domestic Work
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Opaque

Removed

Heated

Reflective
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
Ship Island

New Orleans' red-light district

The Gulf Coast

Austin, Texas
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Durham, North Carolina

Charlottesville, Virginia

Corsicana, Texas

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
John Adams

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
Villanelle

Epic

A sequence of sonnets

A series of haikus
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
In the Southern U.S.

On the Pacific Coast

In New Orleans, Louisiana

In Mount Vernon, Virginia
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her grandmother

Her father

Her mother

Her aunt
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning

The Civil War

A photo shoot

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Achilles

Odysseus

Orpheus

Hercules
11 When was Native Guard published?
2007

2005

2006

2018
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A Union General

Trethewey herself

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?
A ruin

A sunset at Monticello

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

Trethewey's father's silhouette
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Race

Nature

Dreams

Fear
15 When did Trethewey serve as U.S. Poet Laureate?
2018-2020

2010-2011

2012-2014

2015-2016
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Alliteration

Hyperbole

Irony

Metaphor
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Portraits of mixed-race families

Civil War monuments

Early photographs

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

In a small home

At a Southern beach

At Monticello
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
The shades on a window

The wick of a lantern

A cross

The moon
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

The Civil War

A historical monument in Virginia

Thomas Jefferson's legacy
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Domestic Work

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia

Monument
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
James Mudd

E.J. Bellocq

Gustave LeGray

Alex Gardner
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Depicting warfare

Describing large scenes

Capturing period details

Elevating traditionally marginalized voices
24 To what does Trethewey compare the past in "Enlightenment"?
A broken photography plate

A looming rain cloud

A beautiful ruin

A candle wick
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During a major Civil War battle

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a visit to New Orleans

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