Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?
Fall

Winter

Summer

Spring
2 What constellation do the speaker and her partner notice?
Ursa Major

Hydra

Orion

Centaurus
3 What does the speaker say her mouth is full of?
stars

sea

ash

dust
4 What makes the sound of "thunder" in the poem?
the bending trees

rolling trash cans

the supernova

the speaker's voice
5 "Look, we are not _________ things"
unspectacular

unremarkable

these vulnerable

these terrified
6 "I wish to reclaim _______"
my birthright

what's forgotten

the rising

our skyline
7 "Man, we should really learn _______"
the names of these trees

the needs of those around us

more about Kentucky

some new constellations
8 Which of the following does the speaker NOT say she wants to lean towards/into?
our synapses and flesh

what's larger in us

the spotlight of streetlight

how we were born
9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to?
the rising tides

the arrows we make

winter's icy hand

the dust of stars
10 Which of the following best describes the shift in mood during the poem?
blissful to frightened

betrayed to angry

confined to inspiring

mournful to relaxed
11 What does the speaker imagine we can "use our bodies to bargain" for?
recognition and prestige

better homes

the safety of others and earth

equal representation
12 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker's ideas of a better world?
selfish

defiant

loving

fearless
13 What type of sentence dominates the second half of the poem?
Interrogative

Exclamatory

Declarative

Persuasive
14 What poetic technique does Limón use very rarely at the beginning of the poem, and more towards the end?
Personification

Rhyme

Visual imagery

Enjambment
15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to?
raccoons

spiders

horses

dogs
16 Which of the following causes does the speaker seem to advocate for in the poem?
Religious freedom

Gun control

Environmental justice

Education reform
17 Which of the following boundaries is Ada Limón NOT exploring prominently in this poem?
The domestic and the outside world

The terrestrial and the celestial

The mundane and the transcendent

The mechanical and the organic
18 How many stanzas does this poem have?
None

15

28

1
19 What is this poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter

Trochaic trimeter

Free verse
20 In what book did this poem appear?
Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

Lucky Wreck
21 Where was this poem first published?
Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets

In a book

The Smithsonian Magazine

Instagram
22 Who does "you" likely refer to in this poem?
the poet's husband

the reader

the poet's dog

Orion
23 What is Ada Limón's full-time occupation, outside of writing?
Professor

None

Politician

Horse racing
24 Which of the following positions did Ada Limón take up in 2022?
Presidential Poet

Professor Emerita

Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine

U.S. Poet Laureate
25 Which of the following is true about stars?
That the stars we see have existed forever

That our bodies will one day all turn into stars

That all the stars in our sky are already dead

That we are seeing light from the past when we look at stars

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