The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
dramatic

Australian

flowery

bony
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
a winged seed

a small songbird

religious prediction

contrast of light and dark
3 What does "samara" mean?
religious prediction

contrast of light and dark

a small songbird

a winged seed
4 What song does Limón allude to?
America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Yankee Doodle

Paradise

The Star-Spangled Banner
5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem?
biological terminology

sports jargon

videoconference troubleshooting

religious allusion
6 How is the farmer described?
certain

American

faithful

stoic
7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem?
father

brother

child

mother
8 What is on the dresser?
a letter

the gun

plant buds

locks of hair
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?
willful

frozen

desperate

brutal
10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem?
chickadee

sunflower

sycamore

maple
11 What things are "not forgetting"?
our father and faith

the acquaintance and the gun

skin and god

god and our father
12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines?
weary

desperate

longing

sorrowful
13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"?
I am human

I am here

I am asking you to touch me

I cannot see you
14 "Enough of the air and its ______"
animals

sorrow

ease

worries
15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me"
her child

her pet

the vaccine

the chickadee
16 How many sentences is this poem?
none

22

5

1
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
2

1

none

22
18 What is the term for a poem about poetry?
poetic refrain

chiaroscuro

modernist poem

ars poetica
19 During what world event was this poem written?
The Iraq War

The Spanish flu pandemic

World War II

The COVID pandemic
20 What book contains this poem?
Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers
21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem?
repetition

simile

alliteration

enjambment
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as the last poem

as an endnote

as the only poem

as the first poem
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?
Wallace Stevens

Horace

Marianne Moore

Robert Pinsky
24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held?
marketing

podcasting

biologist

Poet Laureate
25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______"
poetry

revision

failure

touch

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