Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

damsel

maiden

virgin
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 ____
divine

pained

difficult

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

a curtain

a carpet

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 field

a windowsill

a forest

a garden
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 English Literature

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and German Literature

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

crawls

flies

scrambles
12 What "imperils" the poppy?
her pleasure

her breath

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

intoxication

sleep

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

drug

heat

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

disease

drug

death
17 The poem's major antagonist is
the fly

time

the bee

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

understatment

hyperbole

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

lewd

hot-eyed

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

Crow

The Hawk and The Rain

Birthday Letters
21 The bee best symbolizes ________
nature

new life

death

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

anti-anxiety drugs

alcoholic beverages

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

private life

poetic achievments

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

present

past

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

sexual appeal

modesty

love for the bee

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