Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

queen

virgin

maiden
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
cool

black

stationary

hot
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"
Death

Sexuality

Love

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

her hat

her stockings

her skirts
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____
pained

divine

easy

difficult
6 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the poppy's petals?
a curtain

skirts

a carpet

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

The Hawk and The Rain

Flowers and Insects

Crow
8 The poem's action takes place in
a forest

a garden

a field

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

Oxford

Yorkshire

Cambridge
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied
Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and Archaeology
11 The bee ______ into the poppy's petals
clambers

scrambles

flies

crawls
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her breath

her pleasure

her recklessness

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

coffin

crucible

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

sleep

pleasure

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

fierceness

heat

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

drug

draught

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is
death

the bee

the fly

time
18 Which literary device is NOT used in the poem?
hyperbole

metaphor

understatment

allusion
19 Which adjective is NOT used to describe the poppy?
lecherous

hot-eyed

hairy

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

Tales from Ovid

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
nature

death

new life

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

alcoholic beverages

stimulant durgs

narcotic drugs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.
private life

artistic collaborations

teaching methods

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

past

future

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

chastity

modesty

love for the bee

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