The End of Poetry Quizzes

The End of Poetry Quiz

1 What does "osseous" mean?
dramatic

Australian

flowery

bony
2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean?
religious prediction

a small songbird

a winged seed

contrast of light and dark
3 What does "samara" mean?
a small songbird

religious prediction

a winged seed

contrast of light and dark
4 What song does Limón allude to?
The Star-Spangled Banner

Yankee Doodle

Paradise

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)
5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem?
videoconference troubleshooting

religious allusion

sports jargon

biological terminology
6 How is the farmer described?
American

stoic

certain

faithful
7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem?
child

mother

father

brother
8 What is on the dresser?
the gun

locks of hair

a letter

plant buds
9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"?
frozen

desperate

brutal

willful
10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem?
sunflower

chickadee

sycamore

maple
11 What things are "not forgetting"?
skin and god

god and our father

our father and faith

the acquaintance and the gun
12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines?
sorrowful

weary

longing

desperate
13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"?
I am asking you to touch me

I am here

I cannot see you

I am human
14 "Enough of the air and its ______"
animals

ease

worries

sorrow
15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me"
her pet

the vaccine

her child

the chickadee
16 How many sentences is this poem?
22

5

none

1
17 How many stanzas is this poem?
2

none

1

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

modernist poem

ars poetica

chiaroscuro
19 During what world event was this poem written?
World War II

The Spanish flu pandemic

The Iraq War

The COVID pandemic
20 What book contains this poem?
The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things
21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem?
enjambment

alliteration

simile

repetition
22 Where is this poem positioned in its book?
as the only poem

as the last poem

as the first poem

as an endnote
23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"?
Wallace Stevens

Marianne Moore

Horace

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

podcasting

Poet Laureate

marketing
25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______"
revision

poetry

touch

failure

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