Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

maiden

damsel

queen
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______
hot

black

stationary

cool
3 Which is NOT a theme of "Big Poppy?"
Love

Sexuality

Time

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

her shoes

her hat

her stockings
5 The bee's "enjoyment" is ____
easy

divine

pained

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

a carpet

skirts

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

Flowers and Insects

The Hawk and The Rain

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

a garden

a forest

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

Oxford

London

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

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and German Literature

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

scrambles

flies

crawls
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her breath

her sexuality

her recklessness

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

eye

crucible

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

sleep

intoxication

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

fierceness

drug

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

disease

draught

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is
time

the fly

death

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

metaphor

hyperbole

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

hot-eyed

lewd

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

Crow

Tales from Ovid

The Hawk and The Rain
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
sexual frivolity

death

nature

new life
22 A poppy flower's seeds are most known for their use in ______
narcotic drugs

alcoholic beverages

anti-anxiety drugs

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

private life

teaching methods

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

future

the action pauses

present
25 The flower will be most remembered for her ______
chastity

sexual appeal

modesty

love for the bee

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