The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
bony

Australian

dramatic

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

a winged seed

religious prediction

a small songbird
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?
Yankee Doodle

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Paradise

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

biological terminology

sports jargon

religious allusion
6 How is the farmer described?
certain

faithful

stoic

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

father

mother

child
8 What is on the dresser?
a letter

the gun

locks of hair

plant buds
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?
desperate

frozen

brutal

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

chickadee

sunflower

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

skin and god

the acquaintance and the gun

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

desperate

longing

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

I cannot see you

I am here

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

sorrow

ease

animals
15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me"
her pet

the chickadee

the vaccine

her child
16 How many sentences is this poem?
1

none

22

5
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
1

22

2

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

poetic refrain

ars poetica

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

World War II

The Spanish flu pandemic

The COVID pandemic
20 What book contains this poem?
The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying

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

enjambment

simile

alliteration
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as the last poem

as the first poem

as an endnote

as the only poem
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?
Robert Pinsky

Horace

Marianne Moore

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

podcasting

marketing

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

poetry

revision

touch

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