Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

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

Bellocq's Ophelia

Native Guard

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

Opaque

Removed

Heated
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
Austin, Texas

Ship Island

The Gulf Coast

New Orleans' red-light district
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Durham, North Carolina

Charlottesville, Virginia

Corsicana, Texas

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Aaron Burr

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

Alexander Hamilton
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?
On the Pacific Coast

In the Southern U.S.

In New Orleans, Louisiana

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

Her grandmother

Her mother

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?
Odysseus

Hercules

Achilles

Orpheus
11 When was Native Guard published?
2006

2007

2018

2005
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A Union General

A Confederate prisoner of war

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

Trethewey herself
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
A painting of Thomas Jefferson

A ruin

A sunset at Monticello

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

Dreams

Nature

Race
15 When did Trethewey serve as U.S. Poet Laureate?
2015-2016

2012-2014

2010-2011

2018-2020
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Hyperbole

Irony

Metaphor

Alliteration
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Early photographs

Portraits of mixed-race families

History books

Civil War monuments
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
At a Southern beach

In a small home

At Monticello

In an art gallery
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
The wick of a lantern

A cross

The moon

The shades on a window
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?
Native Guard

Domestic Work

Monument

Bellocq's Ophelia
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
E.J. Bellocq

James Mudd

Gustave LeGray

Alex Gardner
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Elevating traditionally marginalized voices

Describing large scenes

Depicting warfare

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

A beautiful ruin

A broken photography plate

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

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During a visit to New Orleans

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