The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

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

Summer

Spring

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

Dolphins

Cows

Horses
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Free verse poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Spoken-word slam poetry

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

In every poem

Almost never

Frequently
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
Environmental justice

Humanity's relationship with nature

International foreign policy

Feminism
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?
Wife

The End of Poetry

Dead Stars

The Leash
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

Instructions on Not Giving Up

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

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Dead Stars

The End of Poetry
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"
The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

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

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

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

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

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

Wife

Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

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

California

Kentucky

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?
Mexico

California

Kentucky

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

The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
18 Which of Limón's books, also the first after her 2011 move, represented a major breakthrough in popularity?
The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?
U.S. Poet Laureate

Host of "The Slowdown"

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

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

Her sister, Natalie

Her pug, Lily Bean

Her husband, Lucas
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?
Emotional

Feminist

Natural

Religious
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 frustrating inconvenience to her work

They are a part of life to be felt deeply and navigated
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Marketing writer

Horse racing journalist

None

Botanist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
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

Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

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