The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
Australian

dramatic

flowery

bony
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
religious prediction

a winged seed

contrast of light and dark

a small songbird
3 What does "samara" mean?
a winged seed

a small songbird

contrast of light and dark

religious prediction
4 What song does Limón allude to?
Yankee Doodle

Paradise

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?
biological terminology

religious allusion

videoconference troubleshooting

sports jargon
6 How is the farmer described?
certain

faithful

American

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

father

brother

child
8 What is on the dresser?
plant buds

the gun

locks of hair

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

frozen

willful

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

maple

sunflower

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

god and our father

skin and god

the acquaintance and the gun
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 human

I am here

I cannot see you

I am asking you to touch me
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 pet

her child

the vaccine
16 How many sentences is this poem?
22

1

none

5
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
22

none

2

1
18 What is the term for a poem about poetry?
poetic refrain

ars poetica

modernist poem

chiaroscuro
19 During what world event was this poem written?
The Iraq War

The Spanish flu pandemic

World War II

The COVID pandemic
20 What book contains this poem?
Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers
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 an endnote

as the last poem

as the only poem

as the first poem
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

poetry

touch

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