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?

4

7

3

1
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABBAABBACDCCDC

ABCBADCD

AABAABABA

It has no regular rhyme scheme
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 speaker and the fisherman

The tuna and its prey

The outdoor market and the supermarket

The ocean and land
6 How long are the poem's stanzas?

They are quatrains

They differ in length

They are couplets

They are sestets
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

Sunbeam

Abhor

Abyss
10 What is the poem's meter?

Dactylic pentameter

Spondaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

It has no regular meter
11 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "sappy as a sprung fir"?

S

I

A

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

Anaphora

Alliteration

Sibilance

Simile
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 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 written in the second person

A poem praising or addressing an individual or object

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

A poem persuading an addressee
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?

Reverent

Tired

Disgusted

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?

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

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

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

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

Human consumption

Animals and interspecies relationships

Death

Marriage
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?

Unbeatable

Undesirable

Unknowable

Inedible
23 Who is the poem's speaker?

A tuna

A child

A fisherman

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

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

The speaker is afraid of the tuna, though less so by the poem's end
25 Which of the following is an example of irony?

The merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

The tuna's desire to be caught and eaten

The speaker's anger at the tuna

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

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