The Poetry of Ada Limón Quizzes

The Poetry of Ada Limón Quiz

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

Winter

Spring

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

Dolphins

Cows

Eagles
3 Which of the following best describes Limón's usual poetic form?
Traditional forms such as the sonnet

Spoken-word slam poetry

Free verse poetry

Visual or concrete poetry
4 How often does Limón use rhyme?
Sometimes, for dramatic ending lines

In every poem

Almost never

Frequently
5 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Limón's poems?
Feminism

Humanity's relationship with nature

International foreign policy

Environmental justice
6 Which poem contains the line, "I am asking you touch me"?
Dead Stars

The Leash

The End of Poetry

Wife
7 Which poem contains the command, "Don't die"?
Instructions on Not Giving Up

How to Triumph Like a Girl

Wife

The Leash
8 Which poem contains the line, "We are not unspectacular things"?
How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash

The End of Poetry

Dead Stars
9 Which poem contains the line, "the huge beating genius machine"
Dead Stars

Wife

How to Triumph Like a Girl

The Leash
10 Which of the following poems does NOT take place on a suburban street?
Instructions on Not Giving Up

Dead Stars

The Leash

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

Wife

The End of Poetry

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

The End of Poetry

Wife

Instructions on Not Giving Up
13 Which book by Ada Limón won the National Book Critics Circle Award?
Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind
14 Where did Ada Limón move in 2011 with her now-husband?
Mexico

Kentucky

California

New York
15 Where did Ada Limón grow up?
New York

Kentucky

Mexico

California
16 Where was Ada Limón living and working when her first two books came out?
Mexico

New York

Kentucky

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

The National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pearl Poetry Prize
18 Which of Limón's books, also the first after her 2011 move, represented a major breakthrough in popularity?
The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

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 husband, Lucas

Her cat, Olive

Her pug, Lily Bean

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

Miscarriage

Loss of a family member

A cross-country move
22 Which of the following is the LEAST accurate description of most of Limón's poetry?
Religious

Natural

Feminist

Emotional
23 How would you describe Ada Limón's opinion of negative emotions in her work?
They are a result of an unhappy marriage

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

They are a frustrating inconvenience to her work

They are the truest expression of the human heart
24 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from poetry?
Marketing writer

None

Botanist

Horse racing journalist
25 Which of the following is NOT true about Limón's books?
The COVID pandemic is a major theme of The Hurting Kind

Infertility is a major theme of The Carrying

Bright Dead Things was her first book published with Milkweed Editions

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

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