Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

virgin

queen

maiden

damsel
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

black

stationary

cool

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

Sexuality

Death

Time

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

her stockings

her skirts

her shoes

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

easy

difficult

pained

divine
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?

Crow

Birthday Letters

Flowers and Insects

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

a garden

a forest

a field

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

London

Oxford

Cambridge

Yorkshire
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and English Literature

Anthropology and German Literature

Anthropology and Religious Studies
11 The bee ______ into the poppy's petals

clambers

flies

crawls

scrambles
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her breath

her sexuality

her pleasure

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

eye

crucible

stem

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

sleep

death

pleasure

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

heat

fierceness

appeal

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

draught

death

disease

drug
17 The poem's major antagonist is

death

time

the fly

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

allusion

hyperbole

metaphor

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

lewd

hairy

hot-eyed

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

Tales from Ovid

The Hawk and The Rain

Birthday Letters

Crow
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

sexual frivolity

nature

new life

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

narcotic drugs

stimulant durgs

anti-anxiety drugs

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

private life

teaching methods

artistic collaborations

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

the action pauses

past

present

future
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______

love for the bee

modesty

sexual appeal

chastity

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