1 What gesture do the "single girls" make? turning their heads away biting their tongue rolling their eyes plugging their ears 2 What word does the speaker compare to the sound of "wife"? life why knife white 3 The speaker asks why being a wife sounds like ______ a job a reward a role in a play a punishment 4 Whom does Limón quote in this poem? Judy Brady Octavia Butler Jane Austen Virginia Woolf 5 What is the title of the quoted work? Kindred A Room of One's Own I Want A Wife Sense and Sensibility 6 Which of the following appears FIRST in lines 13-14? bad wife housewife good wife fishwife 7 Which of the following does the speaker NOT describe herself doing? tearing the earth crying journaling in the yard staring 8 To what is the tea kettle compared? a train whistle the bark of a dog a roar of fire the shriek of truck tires 9 The speaker "doesn't want to be _______" diminished erased invalidated admonished 10 The single girls say that their friend's upcoming trip is "not _________" respectful child-inclusive wife-approved feminist 11 The speaker "cannot stop ________" writing fixing grieving crying 12 To whom is the end of the poem addressed? the husband the famous feminist the single girls the reader 13 What does the speaker worry she "isn't good at"? writing her poems loving her husband fighting the patriarchy saying the word wife 14 What part of speech does the speaker use, five times in a row in lines 12-13, to describe a wife? sounds adjectives nouns verbs 15 Which of the following is NOT a way in which the poem's second half differs from the first? the second half introduces a "you" the second half is less feminist the second half is more vulnerable the second half is all one long sentence 16 How many stanzas is "Wife"? 1 24 4 2 17 In what book was "Wife" published? Bright Dead Things The Carrying Sharks in the Rivers The Hurting Kind 18 What is unusual about Ada Limón's career? She is unmarried She is a full-time poet She is also a highly successful scientist She is supported entirely by patrons 19 What types of images dominate "Wife"? astronomy domestic labor the natural world machinery and weapons 20 What title did Limón take on in 2022? Poet Laureate of Kentucky Poet Laureate of the United States Famous Feminist Wife 21 Which of the following is a side role Ada Limón holds? horse jockey schoolteacher marketing executive podcast host 22 What is this poem's form? Sonnet Free verse Epic Prose poem 23 Which of the following best describes the tonal shift over the course of the poem? serious to ironic critical to vulnerable humorous to angry hopeless to ambitious 24 Which award did this book win? The Pulitzer Prize The Ruth Lilly Scholarship The National Book Critics Circle Award The Guggenheim Fellowship 25 What onomatopoeia does the speaker use for the word "wife"? woosh zing whiff phew