Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?
Spring

Fall

Summer

Winter
2 What constellation do the speaker and her partner notice?
Orion

Centaurus

Ursa Major

Hydra
3 What does the speaker say her mouth is full of?
sea

ash

dust

stars
4 What makes the sound of "thunder" in the poem?
the speaker's voice

rolling trash cans

the supernova

the bending trees
5 "Look, we are not _________ things"
these terrified

unspectacular

unremarkable

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

the rising

our skyline

what's forgotten
7 "Man, we should really learn _______"
more about Kentucky

some new constellations

the names of these trees

the needs of those around us
8 Which of the following does the speaker NOT say she wants to lean towards/into?
what's larger in us

how we were born

the spotlight of streetlight

our synapses and flesh
9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to?
the arrows we make

the rising tides

winter's icy hand

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

betrayed to angry

blissful to frightened

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

the safety of others and earth

better homes

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

selfish

defiant

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

Declarative

Persuasive

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

Visual imagery

Rhyme

Personification
15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to?
spiders

horses

dogs

raccoons
16 Which of the following causes does the speaker seem to advocate for in the poem?
Environmental justice

Gun control

Religious freedom

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

The terrestrial and the celestial

The domestic and the outside world

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

28

1

15
19 What is this poem's meter?
Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic trimeter
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?
The Smithsonian Magazine

In a book

Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets

Instagram
22 Who does "you" likely refer to in this poem?
the reader

Orion

the poet's husband

the poet's dog
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?
Professor Emerita

Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine

U.S. Poet Laureate

Presidential Poet
25 Which of the following is true about stars?
That the stars we see have existed forever

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

That all the stars in our sky are already dead

That our bodies will one day all turn into stars

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