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

Acrostics

Short, clipped lines

Repeated refrains
2 How many stanzas are in the poem?

1

3

7

4
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It has no regular rhyme scheme

AABAABABA

ABBAABBACDCCDC

ABCBADCD
4 Which of the following is not a metaphorical motif in the poem?

Medicine and hospitals

Weapons and war

Ships and navigation

Nature
5 Which of the following are juxtaposed in the poem?

The outdoor market and the supermarket

The ocean and land

The tuna and its prey

The speaker and the fisherman
6 How long are the poem's stanzas?

They are sestets

They are quatrains

They are couplets

They differ in length
7 What is meant by the word "torpedo"?

To get rid of or move away from something

A species of prehistoric sea creature

A popular food brand in the mid-twentieth century

A type of weapon that reaches its target through water
8 In which language was this poem originally written?

French

Italian

Portuguese

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

Sunbeam

Absence

Abhor

Abyss
10 What is the poem's meter?

Iambic pentameter

It has no regular meter

Dactylic pentameter

Spondaic hexameter
11 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "sappy as a sprung fir"?

S

F

A

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

Simile

Alliteration

Sibilance

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

That the tuna is shiny

That the tuna is elusive

That the tuna is strong

That the tuna is artificial
14 What does the word "catafalque" mean?

A marine ecosystem

A crown worn by royalty

A South American brand of truck

A platform that holds a coffin
15 Which of the following best describes an ode?

A poem praising or addressing an individual or object

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

A poem persuading an addressee

A poem written in the second person
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 bring taste-based imagery to the work

They symbolize the speaker's wealth
17 Which word best describes the poem's tone?

Fearful

Reverent

Disgusted

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

Fast

Strong

Careful

Purposeful
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

Marriage

Death

Human consumption
21 What does the tuna most closely symbolize?

Cruelty and brutality

Knowledge, experience, and worldliness

Luxury and expense

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

Inedible

Undesirable

Unbeatable

Unknowable
23 Who is the poem's speaker?

A child

An unidentified person

A tuna

A fisherman
24 Which of the following statements is true?

The speaker is afraid of the tuna, though less so by the poem's end

The speaker wants to buy the tuna, but cannot afford seafood

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

The speaker is increasingly frustrated that the tuna cannot communicate
25 Which of the following is an example of irony?

The tuna's desire to be caught and eaten

The merchant's unwillingness to sell his prize catch

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

The speaker's anger at the tuna

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