The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

1 What season has Limón repeatedly personified in her poems?

Fall

Spring

Winter

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

Eagles

Cows

Horses

Dolphins
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?

Visual or concrete poetry

Spoken-word slam poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Free verse poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?

In every poem

Frequently

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

Almost never
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?

International foreign policy

Feminism

Environmental justice

Humanity's relationship with nature
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?

The End of Poetry

Wife

The Leash

Dead Stars
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?

Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

Wife
8 Which poem contains the line, "We are not unspectacular things"?

The End of Poetry

Dead Stars

The Leash

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

Dead Stars

Wife

The Leash

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

Dead Stars

Instructions on Not Giving Up

The Leash
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

The Leash

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

The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

Instructions on Not Giving Up
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?

Lucky Wreck

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?

Kentucky

California

Mexico

New York
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?

California

Mexico

Kentucky

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

Mexico

Kentucky

California

New York
17 What single-poem award has Limón won twice, for "How to Triumph Like a Girl" and "The Leash"?

The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pearl Poetry Prize

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

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

Chicago Poet Laureate

U.S. Poet Laureate

Host of "The Slowdown"
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?

Her sister, Natalie

Her husband, Lucas

Her cat, Olive

Her pug, Lily Bean
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?

A cross-country move

Miscarriage

Domestic life

Loss of a family member
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?

Feminist

Religious

Emotional

Natural
23 How would you describe Ada Limón's opinion of negative emotions in her work?

They are the truest expression of the human heart

They are a result of an unhappy marriage

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?

Botanist

None

Marketing writer

Horse racing journalist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?

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

Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

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