Ode to a Large Tuna in a Market Quizzes

Ode to a Large Tuna in a Market Quiz

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

Elaborate rhyme schemes

Short, clipped lines

Repeated refrains

Acrostics
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?

7

4

1

3
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABCBADCD

ABBAABBACDCCDC

It has no regular rhyme scheme

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

Ships and navigation

Medicine and hospitals

Weapons and war

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

The tuna and its prey

The speaker and the fisherman

The ocean and land

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

They are quatrains

They differ in length

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 species of prehistoric sea creature

A popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century
8 In which language was this poem originally written?

Portuguese

French

Italian

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

Abhor

Abyss

Sunbeam

Absence
10 What is the poem's meter?

Dactylic pentameter

It has no regular meter

Iambic pentameter

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

A

F

I

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

Sibilance

Anaphora

Alliteration

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

That the tuna is artificial

That the tuna is elusive

That the tuna is strong

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

A marine ecosystem

A platform that holds a coffin

A crown worn by royalty

A South American brand of truck
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 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 bring taste-based imagery to the work

They symbolize the speaker's wealth

They offer a contrast with the tuna

They offer clues about the nearby terrain and society
17 Which word best describes the poem's tone?

Tired

Reverent

Disgusted

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

Purposeful

Strong

Fast

Careful
19 Which phrase contains prominent use of assonance?

"your flanks and prow / black / and slippery..."

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

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

"once seed to sea-quake, /tidal wave..."
20 Which is not a theme of this poem?

Death

Marriage

Animals and interspecies relationships

Human consumption
21 What does the tuna most closely symbolize?

Cruelty and brutality

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness

Innocence and inexperience

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

Unknowable

Unbeatable

Undesirable

Inedible
23 Who is the poem's speaker?

An unidentified person

A fisherman

A tuna

A child
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 is increasingly frustrated that the tuna cannot communicate

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

The speaker admires the tuna's range and depth of experiences
25 Which of the following is an example of irony?

The speaker's anger at the tuna

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

The merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

The tuna's desire to be caught and eaten

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