The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

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

Spring

Fall

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

Horses

Cows

Eagles
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Visual or concrete poetry

Spoken-word slam poetry

Free verse poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Almost never

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

Frequently

In every poem
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"?
The End of Poetry

Dead Stars

The Leash

Wife
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

The Leash
8 Which poem contains the line, "We are not unspectacular things"?
The End of Poetry

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

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

The Leash

Wife

Dead Stars
10 Which of the following poems does NOT take place on a suburban street?
The Leash

Dead Stars

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?
The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

Wife
12 Which of the following poems draws on the sonnet form?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The End of Poetry

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Wife
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
The Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Lucky Wreck
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
Kentucky

California

New York

Mexico
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?
California

Kentucky

New York

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

California

Kentucky

Mexico
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 Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

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

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

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

Chicago Poet Laureate

U.S. Poet Laureate

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?
Her sister, Natalie

Her cat, Olive

Her husband, Lucas

Her pug, Lily Bean
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?
A cross-country move

Domestic life

Loss of a family member

Miscarriage
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Natural

Emotional

Religious

Feminist
23 How would you describe Ada Limón's opinion of negative emotions in her work?
They are a part of life to be felt deeply and navigated

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work

They are a result of an unhappy marriage

They are the truest expression of the human heart
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Horse racing journalist

Botanist

Marketing writer

None
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

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

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