The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

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

Fall

Spring

Winter
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

Free verse poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Spoken-word slam poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Frequently

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

In every poem

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

Environmental justice

Humanity's relationship with nature

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

The Leash

The End of Poetry

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

The Leash

Wife

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

The Leash

Dead Stars

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

The Leash

Wife

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

The Leash

Dead Stars

Instructions on Not Giving Up
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The End of Poetry

The Leash

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

Wife

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

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind

Lucky Wreck
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

Kentucky

California

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

California

Mexico

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 Pearl Poetry Prize

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?
Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

The Hurting Kind
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

U.S. Poet Laureate

Chicago Poet Laureate

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

Her husband, Lucas

Her pug, Lily Bean

Her sister, Natalie
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?
Miscarriage

A cross-country move

Loss of a family member

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 the truest expression of the human heart

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work

They are a result of an unhappy marriage
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Horse racing journalist

None

Marketing writer

Botanist
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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