Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

1 In the first line, the poppy is described as a _____

damsel

maiden

queen

virgin
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

cool

hot

stationary

black
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"

Death

Love

Sexuality

Time
4 What will the poppy soon "throw off?"

her shoes

her stockings

her skirts

her hat
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____

easy

pained

difficult

divine
6 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the poppy's petals?

a carpet

skirts

a curtain

a fringe
7 "Big Poppy" is part of which of Hughes' collections?

Flowers and Insects

Birthday Letters

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain
8 The poem's action takes place in

a forest

a garden

a windowsill

a field
9 Hughes' childhood in which area of England greatly influenced his writing?

Cambridge

Yorkshire

Oxford

London
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and English Literature
11 The bee ______ into the poppy's petals

clambers

crawls

scrambles

flies
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her breath

her pleasure

her sexuality

her recklessness
13 The "cradle" of the poppy's offspring is also her

stem

crucible

eye

coffin
14 As a symbol, the poppy is NOT associated with _______

sleep

intoxication

death

pleasure
15 "Her crucible/ is falling apart with its own _________"

heat

appeal

fierceness

drug
16 The poppy's "dark pod" is cooking its _____

draught

death

drug

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is

the bee

the fly

time

death
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?

understatment

allusion

hyperbole

metaphor
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?

hot-eyed

lewd

lecherous

hairy
20 Hughes and Baskin also collaborated on which of the poet's major collections?

The Hawk and The Rain

Crow

Birthday Letters

Tales from Ovid
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

death

new life

nature

sexual frivolity
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs

narcotic drugs

alcoholic beverages
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.

artistic collaborations

teaching methods

private life

poetic achievments
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?

future

past

present

the action pauses
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______

love for the bee

modesty

sexual appeal

chastity

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