Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

1 Which of Trethewey's collections received the Pulitzer Prize?
Native Guard

Domestic Work

Monument

Bellocq's Ophelia
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Heated

Reflective

Opaque

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

Ship Island

The Gulf Coast

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

Charlottesville, Virginia

Durham, North Carolina

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton

Aaron Burr
6 What is the form of "Native Guard"?
Epic

A series of haikus

Villanelle

A sequence of sonnets
7 Where are many of Trethewey's poems set?
In New Orleans, Louisiana

In Mount Vernon, Virginia

In the Southern U.S.

On the Pacific Coast
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her mother

Her grandmother

Her father

Her aunt
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning

The Civil War

A photo shoot

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Achilles

Orpheus

Hercules

Odysseus
11 When was Native Guard published?
2018

2007

2005

2006
12 Who is the speaker of the poem "Native Guard"?
Trethewey herself

A Confederate prisoner of war

A soldier in one of the first Black regiments of the Union Army

A Union General
13 What image does "Enlightenment" begin with?
A ruin

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

Trethewey's father's silhouette

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

Fear

Race

Dreams
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?
Hyperbole

Alliteration

Irony

Metaphor
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Portraits of mixed-race families

Early photographs

Civil War monuments

History books
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
At a Southern beach

In an art gallery

At Monticello

In a small home
19 What does Trethewey personify in the poem "Incident"?
The wick of a lantern

The shades on a window

A cross

The moon
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
A historical monument in Virginia

The Civil War

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

Thomas Jefferson's legacy
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Bellocq's Ophelia

Domestic Work

Monument

Native Guard
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
Gustave LeGray

James Mudd

Alex Gardner

E.J. Bellocq
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 candle wick

A looming rain cloud

A broken photography plate

A beautiful ruin
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During a visit to New Orleans

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a major Civil War battle

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