The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

1 What season has Limón repeatedly personified in her poems?

Spring

Fall

Winter

Summer
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?

Visual or concrete poetry

Free verse poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

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

In every poem

Frequently

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

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

Environmental justice

Feminism

International foreign policy

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

The Leash

Wife

The End of Poetry

Dead Stars
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Wife

The Leash
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

Wife

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

The Leash

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Dead Stars
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?

Wife

The Leash

The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl
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?

Lucky Wreck

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

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

Mexico

Kentucky

California

New York
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?

Mexico

California

New York

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

Mexico

California

New York

Kentucky
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 Pulitzer Prize

The Pushcart 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?

Chicago Poet Laureate

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

Host of "The Slowdown"

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

Her sister, Natalie

Her pug, Lily Bean

Her husband, Lucas

Her cat, Olive
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?

Loss of a family member

A cross-country move

Miscarriage

Domestic life
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 result of an unhappy marriage

They are the truest expression of the human heart

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work
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?

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

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

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