The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
bony

Australian

flowery

dramatic
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
a winged seed

contrast of light and dark

a small songbird

religious prediction
3 What does "samara" mean?
a small songbird

religious prediction

a winged seed

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

The Star-Spangled Banner

Yankee Doodle

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)
5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem?
religious allusion

videoconference troubleshooting

sports jargon

biological terminology
6 How is the farmer described?
American

certain

stoic

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

father

mother

child
8 What is on the dresser?
a letter

plant buds

locks of hair

the gun
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?
willful

frozen

brutal

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

sycamore

sunflower

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

the acquaintance and the gun

skin and god

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

weary

desperate

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

I am human

I cannot see you

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

worries

animals

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

the vaccine

her pet

her child
16 How many sentences is this poem?
22

none

1

5
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
none

22

1

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

chiaroscuro

poetic refrain

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

The COVID pandemic

The Iraq War

World War II
20 What book contains this poem?
The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

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

repetition

enjambment

simile
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as the only poem

as the last poem

as an endnote

as the first 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?
biologist

Poet Laureate

marketing

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

touch

revision

failure

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