Key poems quiz
Carol Ann Duffy
There are only four possible answers to any question on this quiz: ‘Salome’,
‘Stealing’, ‘Education for Leisure’ and ‘Havisham’.
1.
In this poem the woman calls a man both ‘sweetheart’ and ‘bastard’.
2.
Which poem says ‘Colder than pewter./ Strange. What was his name?
Peter?’
3.
In which poem does the narrator frighten the animals at home?
4.
In which poem does the speaker go into strangers’ bedrooms?
5.
Which poem begins ‘Today I am going to kill something’?
6.
In which poem does a woman think she should quit smoking?
7.
In this poem a woman has been waiting in her wedding dress for the man
she is meant to marry for years.
8.
In this poem the speaker asks for a ‘male corpse for a long slow
honeymoon.’
9.
This poem uses rhyme such as ‘patter’ and ‘butter’ to increase the pace
and suspense.
10. The speaker of this poem wants to ‘play God.’
11. This poem finishes with the line ‘You don’t understand a word I’m saying do
you?’
12. This poem features a snowman.
13. This poem uses the word ‘b-b-b-breaks’ to show that the speaker is
breaking down emotionally.
14. This poem features ‘sticky red sheets.’
15. The speaker in this poem says ‘I breath out talent on the glass’ showing he
thinks he is a talented person.
‘Stealing’, ‘Havisham’, ‘Salome’, ‘Education for Leisure’ copyright © Carol Ann Duffy
© 2007 www.teachit.co.uk
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Key poems quiz
Carol Ann Duffy
Answers
1. In this poem the woman calls a man both ‘sweetheart’ and ‘bastard’.
Havisham
2. Which poem says ‘Colder than pewter./ Strange. What was his name?
Peter?’
Salome
3. In which poem does the narrator frighten the animals at home?
Education for Leisure
4. In which poem does the speaker go into strangers’ bedrooms?
Stealing
5. Which poem begins ‘Today I am going to kill something’?
Education for Leisure
6. In which poem does a woman think she should quit smoking?
Salome
7. In this poem a woman has spent years waiting in her wedding dress for the
man she is meant to marry.
Havisham
8. In this poem the speaker asks for a ‘male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.’
Havisham
9. This poem uses rhyme such as ‘patter’ and ‘butter’ to increase the pace and
suspense.
Salome
10. The speaker of this poem wants to ‘play God.’
Education for Leisure
11. This poem finishes with the line ‘You don’t understand a word I’m saying do
you?’
Stealing
12. This poem features a snowman.
Stealing
13. This poem uses the word ‘b-b-b-breaks’ to show that the speaker is breaking
down emotionally.
Havisham
14. This poem features ‘sticky red sheets.’
Salome
15. The speaker in this poem says ‘I breath out talent on the glass’ showing he
thinks he is a talented person.
Education for Leisure
‘Stealing’, ‘Havisham’, ‘Salome’, ‘Education for Leisure’ copyright © Carol Ann Duffy
© 2007 www.teachit.co.uk
7724.doc
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