The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

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

Winter

Fall

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

Eagles

Cows

Horses
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Spoken-word slam poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Free verse poetry

Visual or concrete poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Frequently

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

Almost never

In every poem
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
Feminism

Humanity's relationship with nature

International foreign policy

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

The Leash

Dead Stars

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

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

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

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The End of Poetry
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?
Dead Stars

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up

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

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

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

Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The End of Poetry
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Hurting Kind
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
New York

Mexico

California

Kentucky
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?
California

Kentucky

New York

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

The Pearl Poetry 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

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

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

U.S. Poet Laureate

Host of "The Slowdown"

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

Her husband, Lucas

Her sister, Natalie

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

Loss of a family member

Miscarriage

Domestic life
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Religious

Feminist

Natural

Emotional
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?
Horse racing journalist

Marketing writer

None

Botanist
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

The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

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