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?

Elaborate rhyme schemes

Repeated refrains

Short, clipped lines

Acrostics
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?

1

3

7

4
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABCBADCD

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABBAABBACDCCDC

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

Medicine and hospitals

Ships and navigation

Weapons and war

Nature
5 Which of the following are juxtaposed in the poem?

The outdoor market and the supermarket

The speaker and the fisherman

The ocean and land

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

They differ in length

They are quatrains

They are sestets

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

A type of weapon that reaches its target through water

To get rid of or move away from something

A popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century

A species of prehistoric sea creature
8 In which language was this poem originally written?

Portuguese

French

Spanish

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

Absence

Abyss

Abhor

Sunbeam
10 What is the poem's meter?

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter

It has no regular meter

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

F

I

S

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

Anaphora

Alliteration

Simile

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

That the tuna is shiny

That the tuna is elusive

That the tuna is artificial

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

A crown worn by royalty

A platform that holds a coffin

A South American brand of truck

A marine ecosystem
15 Which of the following best describes an ode?

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

A poem praising or addressing an individual or object

A poem persuading an addressee

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 offer a contrast with the tuna

They symbolize the speaker's wealth

They bring taste-based imagery to the work
17 Which word best describes the poem's tone?

Tired

Fearful

Disgusted

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

Fast

Strong

Purposeful

Careful
19 Which phrase contains prominent use of assonance?

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

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

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

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

Animals and interspecies relationships

Death

Human consumption

Marriage
21 What does the tuna most closely symbolize?

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness

Cruelty and brutality

Luxury and expense

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

Undesirable

Inedible

Unbeatable

Unknowable
23 Who is the poem's speaker?

A fisherman

A child

An unidentified person

A tuna
24 Which of the following statements is true?

The speaker wants to buy the tuna, but cannot afford seafood

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

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

The speaker is increasingly frustrated that the tuna cannot communicate
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 merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

The speaker's anger at the tuna

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