Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

damsel

virgin

maiden

queen
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

cool

stationary

hot

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

Love

Time

Sexuality

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

her shoes

her hat

her stockings

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

divine

pained

easy

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

a carpet

a fringe

a curtain

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

The Hawk and The Rain

Birthday Letters

Crow

Flowers and Insects
8 The poem's action takes place in

a field

a windowsill

a forest

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

Oxford

Cambridge

London

Yorkshire
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and Archaeology

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

scrambles

crawls

flies

clambers
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her pleasure

her sexuality

her breath

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

coffin

eye

stem

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

death

intoxication

sleep

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

heat

appeal

drug

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

disease

draught

drug

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is

the fly

death

time

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

allusion

hyperbole

understatment

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

hairy

hot-eyed

lecherous

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

Birthday Letters

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain

Tales from Ovid
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

nature

new life

death

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

alcoholic beverages

narcotic drugs

anti-anxiety drugs

stimulant durgs
23 Hughes' _________ was /were subject to controversy and criticism.

private life

teaching methods

poetic achievments

artistic collaborations
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?

present

the action pauses

future

past
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______

modesty

chastity

love for the bee

sexual appeal

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