Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

1 Which of Trethewey's collections received the Pulitzer Prize?
Domestic Work

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia

Monument
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Reflective

Removed

Opaque

Heated
3 Where does Bellocq's Ophelia take place?
Austin, Texas

The Gulf Coast

Ship Island

New Orleans' red-light district
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Corsicana, Texas

Durham, North Carolina

Charlottesville, Virginia

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
Villanelle

Epic

A sequence of sonnets

A series of haikus
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
On the Pacific Coast

In New Orleans, Louisiana

In the Southern U.S.

In Mount Vernon, Virginia
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her father

Her aunt

Her mother

Her grandmother
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

A photo shoot

A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning

The Civil War
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Hercules

Odysseus

Orpheus

Achilles
11 When was Native Guard published?
2005

2018

2006

2007
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
A soldier in one of the first Black regiments of the Union Army

A Confederate prisoner of war

Trethewey herself

A Union General
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
Trethewey's father's silhouette

A ruin

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

A sunset at Monticello
14 What is a central theme of almost all of Trethewey's poems?
Dreams

Fear

Nature

Race
15 When did Trethewey serve as U.S. Poet Laureate?
2018-2020

2015-2016

2012-2014

2010-2011
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Metaphor

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Irony
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Civil War monuments

History books

Early photographs

Portraits of mixed-race families
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
In an art gallery

In a small home

At Monticello

At a Southern beach
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
The moon

The wick of a lantern

A cross

The shades on a window
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

Thomas Jefferson's legacy

A historical monument in Virginia

The Civil War
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Monument

Native Guard

Bellocq's Ophelia

Domestic Work
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
Alex Gardner

E.J. Bellocq

Gustave LeGray

James Mudd
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Capturing period details

Describing large scenes

Depicting warfare

Elevating traditionally marginalized voices
24 To what does Trethewey compare the past in "Enlightenment"?
A broken photography plate

A candle wick

A looming rain cloud

A beautiful ruin
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During a major Civil War battle

During a visit to New Orleans

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

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