Ode to a Large Tuna in a Market Quizzes

Ode to a Large Tuna in a Market Quiz

1 Which of the following is a formal characteristic of the poem?
Elaborate rhyme schemes

Repeated refrains

Short, clipped lines

Acrostics
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?
7

3

4

1
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABAABABA

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABCBADCD

ABBAABBACDCCDC
4 Which of the following is not a metaphorical motif in the poem?
Weapons and war

Ships and navigation

Nature

Medicine and hospitals
5 Which of the following are juxtaposed in the poem?
The tuna and its prey

The outdoor market and the supermarket

The speaker and the fisherman

The ocean and land
6 How long are the poem's stanzas?
They are quatrains

They differ in length

They are sestets

They are couplets
7 What is meant by the word "torpedo"?
A type of weapon that reaches its target through water

A species of prehistoric sea creature

A popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century

To get rid of or move away from something
8 In which language was this poem originally written?
Portuguese

Spanish

French

Italian
9 What does the french word abîme, used in this poem, most closely translate to?
Sunbeam

Abhor

Absence

Abyss
10 What is the poem's meter?
Spondaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

It has no regular meter

Dactylic pentameter
11 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "sappy as a sprung fir"?
I

A

F

S
12 The phrase "fins fletched" is an example of which of the following?
Simile

Sibilance

Alliteration

Anaphora
13 What does the poet most likely want to convey with the word "varnished"?
That the tuna is strong

That the tuna is artificial

That the tuna is shiny

That the tuna is elusive
14 What does the word "catafalque" mean?
A South American brand of truck

A marine ecosystem

A platform that holds a coffin

A crown worn by royalty
15 Which of the following best describes an ode?
A poem persuading an addressee

A poem that takes the form of a dialogue between two individuals

A poem written in the second person

A poem praising or addressing an individual or object
16 What role do images of vegetables play in the poem?
They offer a contrast with the tuna

They offer clues about the nearby terrain and society

They symbolize the speaker's wealth

They bring taste-based imagery to the work
17 Which word best describes the poem's tone?
Reverent

Tired

Fearful

Disgusted
18 Which of the following does NOT describe the tuna as the narrator imagines it?
Strong

Purposeful

Careful

Fast
19 Which phrase contains prominent use of assonance?
"once seed to sea-quake, /tidal wave..."

“only you / lived through / the sea's truth…”

"always renewed, / locked into the current..."

"your flanks and prow / black / and slippery..."
20 Which is not a theme of this poem?
Animals and interspecies relationships

Death

Marriage

Human consumption
21 What does the tuna most closely symbolize?
Luxury and expense

Cruelty and brutality

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness

Innocence and inexperience
22 What does the word "unfathomable" most closely mean when used in the poem?
Undesirable

Inedible

Unknowable

Unbeatable
23 Who is the poem's speaker?
A tuna

A child

A fisherman

An unidentified person
24 Which of the following statements is true?
The speaker wants to buy the tuna, but cannot afford seafood

The speaker is increasingly frustrated that the tuna cannot communicate

The speaker admires the tuna's range and depth of experiences

The speaker is afraid of the tuna, though less so by the poem's end
25 Which of the following is an example of irony?
The speaker's anger at the tuna

The speaker's insistence that death is merely a new experience for the tuna

The merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

The tuna's desire to be caught and eaten

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