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

Elaborate rhyme schemes

Repeated refrains

Short, clipped lines
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?

1

3

7

4
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABCBADCD

ABBAABBACDCCDC

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

Nature

Ships and navigation

Medicine and hospitals

Weapons and war
5 Which of the following are juxtaposed in the poem?

The speaker and the fisherman

The ocean and land

The tuna and its prey

The outdoor market and the supermarket
6 How long are the poem's stanzas?

They are couplets

They are quatrains

They are sestets

They differ in length
7 What is meant by the word "torpedo"?

A popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century

A species of prehistoric sea creature

A type of weapon that reaches its target through water

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

French

Italian

Spanish

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

Absence

Abyss

Sunbeam

Abhor
10 What is the poem's meter?

It has no regular meter

Spondaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter
11 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "sappy as a sprung fir"?

S

F

I

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

Alliteration

Anaphora

Sibilance

Simile
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 platform that holds a coffin

A South American brand of truck

A crown worn by royalty
15 Which of the following best describes an ode?

A poem persuading an addressee

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

A poem written in the second person

A poem praising or addressing an individual or object
16 What role do images of vegetables play in the poem?

They symbolize the speaker's wealth

They bring taste-based imagery to the work

They offer clues about the nearby terrain and society

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

Tired

Disgusted

Reverent

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

Fast

Strong

Careful

Purposeful
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?

Human consumption

Marriage

Death

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

Innocence and inexperience

Cruelty and brutality

Luxury and expense

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness
22 What does the word "unfathomable" most closely mean when used in the poem?

Undesirable

Unknowable

Unbeatable

Inedible
23 Who is the poem's speaker?

An unidentified person

A tuna

A child

A fisherman
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 wants to buy the tuna, but cannot afford seafood

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

The speaker is increasingly frustrated that the tuna cannot communicate
25 Which of the following is an example of irony?

The tuna's desire to be caught and eaten

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

The merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

The speaker's anger at the tuna

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