The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?

bony

Australian

dramatic

flowery
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?

a small songbird

contrast of light and dark

religious prediction

a winged seed
3 What does "samara" mean?

a small songbird

a winged seed

religious prediction

contrast of light and dark
4 What song does Limón allude to?

Paradise

Yankee Doodle

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

The Star-Spangled Banner
5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem?

religious allusion

biological terminology

sports jargon

videoconference troubleshooting
6 How is the farmer described?

stoic

American

certain

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

child

mother

brother

father
8 What is on the dresser?

locks of hair

the gun

plant buds

a letter
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?

brutal

willful

frozen

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

maple

sunflower

sycamore

chickadee
11 What things are "not forgetting"?

skin and god

god and our father

the acquaintance and the gun

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

sorrowful

longing

weary

desperate
13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"?

I cannot see you

I am here

I am human

I am asking you to touch me
14 "Enough of the air and its ______"

ease

animals

sorrow

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

her child

the vaccine

her pet

the chickadee
16 How many sentences is this poem?

22

none

1

5
17 How many stanzas is this poem?

1

none

22

2
18 What is the term for a poem about poetry?

modernist poem

poetic refrain

chiaroscuro

ars poetica
19 During what world event was this poem written?

The COVID pandemic

World War II

The Spanish flu pandemic

The Iraq War
20 What book contains this poem?

Bright Dead Things

Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind
21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem?

enjambment

simile

repetition

alliteration
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?

as the first poem

as the only poem

as the last poem

as an endnote
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?

Horace

Wallace Stevens

Marianne Moore

Robert Pinsky
24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held?

podcasting

marketing

biologist

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

failure

revision

touch

poetry

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