The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

1 What season has Limón repeatedly personified in her poems?
Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter
2 Aside from her dog, which of the following animals does Limón regularly write about?
Eagles

Dolphins

Horses

Cows
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Spoken-word slam poetry

Free verse poetry

Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Visual or concrete poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Frequently

Almost never

In every poem

Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
Environmental justice

Humanity's relationship with nature

Feminism

International foreign policy
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?
Dead Stars

Wife

The End of Poetry

The Leash
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

The Leash

Instructions on Not Giving Up
8 Which poem contains the line, "We are not unspectacular things"?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

Dead Stars

The Leash

The End of Poetry
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"
How to Triumph Like a Girl

Dead Stars

The Leash

Wife
10 Which of the following poems does NOT take place on a suburban street?
Dead Stars

The Leash

Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl
11 Which of the following poems does NOT feature animals?
The Leash

The End of Poetry

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife
12 Which of the following poems draws on the sonnet form?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The End of Poetry

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Wife
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
California

New York

Mexico

Kentucky
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?
Kentucky

California

Mexico

New York
16 Where was Ada Limón living and working when her first two books came out?
Kentucky

Mexico

New York

California
17 What single-poem award has Limón won twice, for "How to Triumph Like a Girl" and "The Leash"?
The Pushcart Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pearl Poetry Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
18 Which of Limón's books, also the first after her 2011 move, represented a major breakthrough in popularity?
Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers
19 What position was Limón awarded in 2022?
U.S. Poet Laureate

Host of "The Slowdown"

Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellow

Chicago Poet Laureate
20 Who does the "you" in Limón's poems sometimes refer to?
Her pug, Lily Bean

Her cat, Olive

Her husband, Lucas

Her sister, Natalie
21 Which of the following themes does Bright Dead Things NOT cover?
Miscarriage

A cross-country move

Domestic life

Loss of a family member
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Natural

Feminist

Emotional

Religious
23 How would you describe Ada Limón's opinion of negative emotions in her work?
They are the truest expression of the human heart

They are a part of life to be felt deeply and navigated

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work

They are a result of an unhappy marriage
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Horse racing journalist

None

Marketing writer

Botanist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

Her first two books, Lucky Wreck and This Big Fake World, came out within a year of each other

The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

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