The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
bony

flowery

Australian

dramatic
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
contrast of light and dark

a small songbird

a winged seed

religious prediction
3 What does "samara" mean?
contrast of light and dark

religious prediction

a winged seed

a small songbird
4 What song does Limón allude to?
The Star-Spangled Banner

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Yankee Doodle

Paradise
5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem?
biological terminology

religious allusion

videoconference troubleshooting

sports jargon
6 How is the farmer described?
certain

American

stoic

faithful
7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem?
mother

brother

father

child
8 What is on the dresser?
a letter

plant buds

the gun

locks of hair
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?
brutal

willful

desperate

frozen
10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem?
sunflower

sycamore

maple

chickadee
11 What things are "not forgetting"?
god and our father

the acquaintance and the gun

skin and god

our father and faith
12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines?
sorrowful

desperate

weary

longing
13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"?
I am asking you to touch me

I cannot see you

I am human

I am here
14 "Enough of the air and its ______"
ease

animals

worries

sorrow
15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me"
the chickadee

her child

the vaccine

her pet
16 How many sentences is this poem?
5

none

1

22
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
22

1

2

none
18 What is the term for a poem about poetry?
ars poetica

chiaroscuro

poetic refrain

modernist poem
19 During what world event was this poem written?
The Spanish flu pandemic

The COVID pandemic

World War II

The Iraq War
20 What book contains this poem?
The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things
21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem?
enjambment

alliteration

repetition

simile
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as an endnote

as the first poem

as the last poem

as the only poem
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?
Marianne Moore

Robert Pinsky

Horace

Wallace Stevens
24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held?
Poet Laureate

biologist

marketing

podcasting
25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______"
touch

failure

revision

poetry

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