Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

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

Native Guard

Monument

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

Reflective

Removed

Opaque
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
The Gulf Coast

Ship Island

Austin, Texas

New Orleans' red-light district
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Gulfport, Mississippi

Corsicana, Texas

Durham, North Carolina

Charlottesville, Virginia
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton

John Adams

Aaron Burr
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
A sequence of sonnets

Villanelle

A series of haikus

Epic
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 mother

Her aunt

Her grandmother

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

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

The Civil War

A photo shoot
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Hercules

Achilles

Orpheus

Odysseus
11 When was Native Guard published?
2006

2005

2018

2007
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A Confederate prisoner of war

Trethewey herself

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

A Union General
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
A painting of Thomas Jefferson

Trethewey's father's silhouette

A sunset at Monticello

A ruin
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Fear

Race

Dreams

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

2010-2011

2012-2014

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

Alliteration

Metaphor

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

History books

Civil War monuments

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

At Monticello

In a small home

At a Southern beach
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
A cross

The wick of a lantern

The shades on a window

The moon
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
Thomas Jefferson's legacy

The Civil War

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

A historical monument in Virginia
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Native Guard

Domestic Work

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 broken photography plate

A candle wick

A beautiful ruin
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a major Civil War battle

During a visit to New Orleans

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

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