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

Acrostics

Short, clipped lines

Repeated refrains
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?

4

1

3

7
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?

Nature

Medicine and hospitals

Weapons and war

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

The speaker and the fisherman

The tuna and its prey

The ocean and land

The outdoor market and the supermarket
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 popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century

To get rid of or move away from something

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

French

Portuguese

Italian

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

Abyss

Abhor

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

I

S

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

Sibilance

Simile

Anaphora

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

That the tuna is strong

That the tuna is shiny

That the tuna is elusive

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

A platform that holds a coffin

A marine ecosystem

A South American brand of truck

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

A poem written in the second person

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
16 What role do images of vegetables play in the poem?

They symbolize the speaker's wealth

They offer a contrast with the tuna

They offer clues about the nearby terrain and society

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

Fearful

Tired

Disgusted

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

Purposeful

Strong

Careful

Fast
19 Which phrase contains prominent use of assonance?

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

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

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

“only you / lived through / the sea's truth…”
20 Which is not a theme of this poem?

Marriage

Animals and interspecies relationships

Death

Human consumption
21 What does the tuna most closely symbolize?

Cruelty and brutality

Luxury and expense

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness

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

Unbeatable

Inedible

Undesirable

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 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 admires the tuna's range and depth of experiences

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 merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

The speaker's anger at the tuna

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