Ted Hughes Quiz

Where was Ted Hughes born?

• London

• Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire

• Cambridge

• Devon

What did Ted Hughes study at Cambridge?

• Literature and history

• Archaeology and anthropology

• Biology and zoology

• Philosophy and politics

Which American poet did Hughes marry in 1956?

• Marianne Moore

• Sylvia Plath

• Assia Wevill

• Carol Orchard

Which book secured Hughes’s international reputation?

• Crow

• Lupercal

• The Hawk in the Rain

• Birthday Letters

According to Robert B. Shaw, Hughes’s poetry was different because it…

• Was understated and domestic

• Used Shakespearean resonance to explore mythic themes

• Focused only on urban life

• Avoided symbolism

Hughes preferred realistic depictions of animals over symbolic ones.

What does “quiddity” mean in the context of Hughes’s poetry?

• The scientific classification of an animal

• The unique essence of something

• The sound an animal makes

• A myth about an animal

Which of these is NOT an animal figure Hughes used symbolically?

• Crow

• Fox

• Hawk

• Lion

Hughes destroyed Sylvia Plath’s final diary after her death.

Why were some people angry with Hughes after Plath’s death?

• He published all her poems without permission

• He refused publication rights to some of her work

• He left Britain

• He stopped writing poetry