Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

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

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia

Monument
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Reflective

Opaque

Removed

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

Austin, Texas

Ship Island

The Gulf Coast
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Durham, North Carolina

Gulfport, Mississippi

Corsicana, Texas

Charlottesville, Virginia
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
A series of haikus

Epic

A sequence of sonnets

Villanelle
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
In Mount Vernon, Virginia

In the Southern U.S.

In New Orleans, Louisiana

On the Pacific Coast
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her grandmother

Her mother

Her aunt

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

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

A photo shoot

The Civil War
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Hercules

Orpheus

Achilles

Odysseus
11 When was Native Guard published?
2006

2018

2007

2005
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A soldier in one of the first Black regiments of the Union Army

Trethewey herself

A Confederate prisoner of war

A Union General
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
A ruin

Trethewey's father's silhouette

A sunset at Monticello

A painting of Thomas Jefferson
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Dreams

Nature

Race

Fear
15 When did Trethewey serve as U.S. Poet Laureate?
2012-2014

2010-2011

2015-2016

2018-2020
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

Early photographs

History books

Portraits of mixed-race families
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
In a small home

At a Southern beach

At Monticello

In an art gallery
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
A cross

The shades on a window

The moon

The wick of a lantern
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
A historical monument in Virginia

The Civil War

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

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?
Gustave LeGray

James Mudd

Alex Gardner

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

Elevating traditionally marginalized voices

Describing large scenes

Capturing period details
24 To what does Trethewey compare the past in "Enlightenment"?
A looming rain cloud

A candle wick

A broken photography plate

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

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During a visit to New Orleans

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

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