Dead Stars Quizzes

Dead Stars Quiz

1 What season does this poem take place in?
Winter

Fall

Spring

Summer
2 What constellation do the speaker and her partner notice?
Hydra

Orion

Ursa Major

Centaurus
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

the supernova

the bending trees

rolling trash cans
5 "Look, we are not _________ things"
unspectacular

these terrified

these vulnerable

unremarkable
6 "I wish to reclaim _______"
what's forgotten

my birthright

the rising

our skyline
7 "Man, we should really learn _______"
the needs of those around us

some new constellations

the names of these trees

more about Kentucky
8 Which of the following does the speaker NOT say she wants to lean towards/into?
how we were born

what's larger in us

the spotlight of streetlight

our synapses and flesh
9 What does the speaker imagine saying "No" to?
the rising tides

winter's icy hand

the arrows we make

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

confined to inspiring

blissful to frightened

mournful to relaxed
11 What does the speaker imagine we can "use our bodies to bargain" for?
equal representation

recognition and prestige

better homes

the safety of others and earth
12 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker's ideas of a better world?
loving

fearless

selfish

defiant
13 What type of sentence dominates the second half of the poem?
Exclamatory

Declarative

Interrogative

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

Enjambment

Visual imagery

Rhyme
15 What animal does the speaker compare herself to?
dogs

spiders

raccoons

horses
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 domestic and the outside world

The mechanical and the organic

The terrestrial and the celestial
18 How many stanzas does this poem have?
1

None

28

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

Iambic pentameter

Free verse

Trochaic trimeter
20 In what book did this poem appear?
Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers
21 Where was this poem first published?
The Smithsonian Magazine

Poem-a-day by the Academy of American Poets

In a book

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

the poet's husband

the reader

the poet's dog
23 What is Ada Limón's full-time occupation, outside of writing?
None

Horse racing

Professor

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

Professor Emerita

U.S. Poet Laureate

Editor-in-chief of Poetry Magazine
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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