The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

1 What season has Limón repeatedly personified in her poems?
Spring

Summer

Winter

Fall
2 Aside from her dog, which of the following animals does Limón regularly write about?
Cows

Eagles

Horses

Dolphins
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Spoken-word slam poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Free verse poetry

Visual or concrete poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

Almost never

In every poem

Frequently
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
Humanity's relationship with nature

Environmental justice

Feminism

International foreign policy
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?
Dead Stars

Wife

The Leash

The End of Poetry
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
Wife

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up
8 Which poem contains the line, "We are not unspectacular things"?
The Leash

Dead Stars

The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"
The Leash

Wife

Dead Stars

How to Triumph Like a Girl
10 Which of the following poems does NOT take place on a suburban street?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up

The Leash

Dead Stars
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

Wife

The End of Poetry
12 Which of the following poems draws on the sonnet form?
Wife

Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The End of Poetry
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
California

Kentucky

Mexico

New York
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?
California

New York

Mexico

Kentucky
16 Where was Ada Limón living and working when her first two books came out?
California

Kentucky

New York

Mexico
17 What single-poem award has Limón won twice, for "How to Triumph Like a Girl" and "The Leash"?
The Pearl Poetry Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize
18 Which of Limón's books, also the first after her 2011 move, represented a major breakthrough in popularity?
The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

Sharks in the Rivers
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?
Host of "The Slowdown"

U.S. Poet Laureate

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

Chicago Poet Laureate
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?
Her pug, Lily Bean

Her sister, Natalie

Her husband, Lucas

Her cat, Olive
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?
Loss of a family member

Miscarriage

A cross-country move

Domestic life
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Feminist

Natural

Emotional

Religious
23 How would you describe Ada Limón's opinion of negative emotions in her work?
They are a result of an unhappy marriage

They are the truest expression of the human heart

They are a part of life to be felt deeply and navigated

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Marketing writer

Botanist

None

Horse racing journalist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

Her first two books, Lucky Wreck and This Big Fake World, came out within a year of each other

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

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