1 What does "osseous" mean? dramatic bony flowery Australian 2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean? a winged seed contrast of light and dark a small songbird religious prediction 3 What does "samara" mean? a small songbird a winged seed religious prediction contrast of light and dark 4 What song does Limón allude to? Paradise Yankee Doodle America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) The Star-Spangled Banner 5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem? videoconference troubleshooting religious allusion biological terminology sports jargon 6 How is the farmer described? stoic faithful American certain 7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem? brother mother child father 8 What is on the dresser? plant buds locks of hair the gun a letter 9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"? brutal frozen desperate willful 10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem? sycamore maple sunflower chickadee 11 What things are "not forgetting"? our father and faith the acquaintance and the gun god and our father skin and god 12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines? weary longing desperate sorrowful 13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"? I cannot see you I am asking you to touch me I am human I am here 14 "Enough of the air and its ______" ease worries sorrow animals 15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me" her child her pet the chickadee the vaccine 16 How many sentences is this poem? none 1 22 5 17 How many stanzas is this poem? none 1 2 22 18 What is the term for a poem about poetry? poetic refrain modernist poem chiaroscuro ars poetica 19 During what world event was this poem written? World War II The Spanish flu pandemic The COVID pandemic The Iraq War 20 What book contains this poem? Sharks in the Rivers The Carrying Bright Dead Things The Hurting Kind 21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem? enjambment simile repetition alliteration 22 Where is this poem positioned in its book? as the only poem as the first poem as the last poem as an endnote 23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"? Wallace Stevens Robert Pinsky Horace Marianne Moore 24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held? podcasting biologist marketing Poet Laureate 25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______" revision touch failure poetry