The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

1 What season has Limón repeatedly personified in her poems?

Winter

Fall

Summer

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

Horses

Dolphins

Eagles

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

Visual or concrete poetry

Spoken-word slam poetry

Free verse poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?

Frequently

In every poem

Almost never

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?

Environmental justice

International foreign policy

Feminism

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

The Leash

Wife

Dead Stars

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

The Leash

Wife

How to Triumph Like a Girl

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

The Leash

The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Dead Stars
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Dead Stars

Wife
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

Dead Stars

The Leash
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?

Wife

The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl

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

Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Hurting Kind

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

Kentucky

Mexico

New York

California
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?

New York

Mexico

California

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

Kentucky

New York

California

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 Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart 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 Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?

Host of "The Slowdown"

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

Chicago Poet Laureate

U.S. Poet Laureate
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?

Her sister, Natalie

Her husband, Lucas

Her pug, Lily Bean

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

Religious

Natural

Emotional
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 result of an unhappy marriage

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work

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

Botanist

Horse racing journalist

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

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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