Big Poppy Quizzes

Big Poppy Quiz

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

damsel

virgin

queen

maiden
2 The speaker remarks that the fly is ______

hot

stationary

black

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

Sexuality

Time

Love

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

her shoes

her hat

her skirts

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

pained

easy

divine

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

a curtain

a carpet

skirts

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

The Hawk and The Rain

Flowers and Insects

Crow

Birthday Letters
8 The poem's action takes place in

a windowsill

a field

a forest

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

London

Cambridge

Yorkshire

Oxford
10 At the University of Cambridge, Hughes studied

Anthropology and Religious Studies

Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology and German Literature

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

flies

clambers

scrambles

crawls
12 What "imperils" the poppy?

her recklessness

her breath

her sexuality

her pleasure
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 _______

pleasure

intoxication

sleep

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

fierceness

appeal

heat

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

death

drug

draught

disease
17 The poem's major antagonist is

the bee

death

time

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

understatment

metaphor

allusion

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

lewd

lecherous

hot-eyed

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

Birthday Letters

The Hawk and The Rain

Tales from Ovid

Crow
21 The bee best symbolizes ________

death

nature

sexual frivolity

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

alcoholic beverages

anti-anxiety drugs

narcotic drugs

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

poetic achievments

private life

artistic collaborations

teaching methods
24 The end of the poem is told in what tense?

past

future

present

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

chastity

sexual appeal

love for the bee

modesty

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