Natasha Trethewey’s Poetry Quizzes

Natasha Trethewey's Poetry Quiz

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

Bellocq's Ophelia

Domestic Work

Native Guard
2 What word best describes Trethewey's style?
Heated

Opaque

Removed

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

New Orleans' red-light district

Ship Island

The Gulf Coast
4 Where was Trethewey born?
Durham, North Carolina

Corsicana, Texas

Charlottesville, Virginia

Gulfport, Mississippi
5 What historical figure does the poem "Enlightenment" discuss?
Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

Alexander Hamilton

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

Villanelle

A series of haikus

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

In Mount Vernon, Virginia

In New Orleans, Louisiana

In the Southern U.S.
8 What family member inspired parts of Trethewey's collection, Domestic Work?
Her father

Her grandmother

Her mother

Her aunt
9 What does the poem "Incident" depict?
A photo shoot

The Civil War

An arguement about Thomas Jefferson

A Black family witnessing a Ku Klux Klan cross burning
10 What fictional character does the poem "Myth" allude to?
Odysseus

Achilles

Orpheus

Hercules
11 When was Native Guard published?
2006

2007

2005

2018
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?
A painting of Thomas Jefferson

A ruin

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?
2010-2011

2018-2020

2012-2014

2015-2016
16 What does Trethewey frequently avoid in her poems?
Alliteration

Irony

Metaphor

Hyperbole
17 What does Trethewey's collection Thrall focus on?
Early photographs

Portraits of mixed-race families

History books

Civil War monuments
18 Where does the poem "History Lesson" take place?
At Monticello

In a small home

In an art gallery

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

The wick of a lantern

The shades on a window

A cross
20 What does Trethewey disagree with her father about in "Enlightenment"?
The Civil War

The historical accuracy of a tour guide's commentary

Thomas Jefferson's legacy

A historical monument in Virginia
21 What is Trethewey's most recent poetry collection?
Monument

Bellocq's Ophelia

Domestic Work

Native Guard
22 Whose photography is the basis of Bellocq's Ophelia?
James Mudd

Alex Gardner

E.J. Bellocq

Gustave LeGray
23 What is a major aspect of Trethewey's historical poems?
Describing large scenes

Depicting warfare

Capturing period details

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

A looming rain cloud

A candle wick

A beautiful ruin
25 When does the poem "Flounder" take place?
During Trethewey's parents' wedding

During a fishing trip Trethewey took with her aunt

During a major Civil War battle

During a visit to New Orleans

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