Ode to a Large Tuna in a Market Quizzes

Ode to a Large Tuna in a Market Quiz

1 Which of the following is a formal characteristic of the poem?

Acrostics

Repeated refrains

Short, clipped lines

Elaborate rhyme schemes
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?

3

1

4

7
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABBAABBACDCCDC

ABCBADCD

AABAABABA
4 Which of the following is not a metaphorical motif in the poem?

Weapons and war

Nature

Medicine and hospitals

Ships and navigation
5 Which of the following are juxtaposed in the poem?

The ocean and land

The speaker and the fisherman

The outdoor market and the supermarket

The tuna and its prey
6 How long are the poem's stanzas?

They differ in length

They are quatrains

They are couplets

They are sestets
7 What is meant by the word "torpedo"?

A type of weapon that reaches its target through water

A species of prehistoric sea creature

A popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century

To get rid of or move away from something
8 In which language was this poem originally written?

French

Italian

Portuguese

Spanish
9 What does the french word abîme, used in this poem, most closely translate to?

Abhor

Abyss

Absence

Sunbeam
10 What is the poem's meter?

It has no regular meter

Dactylic pentameter

Iambic pentameter

Spondaic hexameter
11 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "sappy as a sprung fir"?

A

F

S

I
12 The phrase "fins fletched" is an example of which of the following?

Anaphora

Sibilance

Simile

Alliteration
13 What does the poet most likely want to convey with the word "varnished"?

That the tuna is elusive

That the tuna is strong

That the tuna is shiny

That the tuna is artificial
14 What does the word "catafalque" mean?

A marine ecosystem

A crown worn by royalty

A South American brand of truck

A platform that holds a coffin
15 Which of the following best describes an ode?

A poem that takes the form of a dialogue between two individuals

A poem persuading an addressee

A poem praising or addressing an individual or object

A poem written in the second person
16 What role do images of vegetables play in the poem?

They offer clues about the nearby terrain and society

They symbolize the speaker's wealth

They bring taste-based imagery to the work

They offer a contrast with the tuna
17 Which word best describes the poem's tone?

Reverent

Disgusted

Fearful

Tired
18 Which of the following does NOT describe the tuna as the narrator imagines it?

Fast

Purposeful

Careful

Strong
19 Which phrase contains prominent use of assonance?

"once seed to sea-quake, /tidal wave..."

“only you / lived through / the sea's truth…”

"always renewed, / locked into the current..."

"your flanks and prow / black / and slippery..."
20 Which is not a theme of this poem?

Death

Marriage

Human consumption

Animals and interspecies relationships
21 What does the tuna most closely symbolize?

Cruelty and brutality

Innocence and inexperience

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness

Luxury and expense
22 What does the word "unfathomable" most closely mean when used in the poem?

Unknowable

Unbeatable

Inedible

Undesirable
23 Who is the poem's speaker?

A tuna

A fisherman

A child

An unidentified person
24 Which of the following statements is true?

The speaker is afraid of the tuna, though less so by the poem's end

The speaker admires the tuna's range and depth of experiences

The speaker is increasingly frustrated that the tuna cannot communicate

The speaker wants to buy the tuna, but cannot afford seafood
25 Which of the following is an example of irony?

The speaker's insistence that death is merely a new experience for the tuna

The tuna's desire to be caught and eaten

The speaker's anger at the tuna

The merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

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