Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Oil Cans

Wood

Plastic

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Eight

Six

Ten

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1965

2007

1982

1914
4 What is a doily?
An oil can

A popular saying

A lacy ornament

A snack popular in midcentury America
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Onomatopoeia

Semicolons

Metonymy

Parentheses
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?
Road signs

Flowers

Siblings

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Religion

Friendship

Adventure

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of woven twigs

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Makeshift and precarious
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
North and South

Geography III

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A dog

A snake

A cat

A spider
11 Who is the speaker?
A mother

A university student

A teenage boy

The speaker is not identified
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"dirty dog"

"certain color"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end

It has a positive association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end

It has a negative association at the start of the work, but a positive one by the end

Oil is not a motif in this poem
14 Who runs the filling station?
A family with several sons

A group of young women

A very old man

Twin brothers
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Beautiful

Overdone

Funny

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?
The location is never stated

Scotland

Canada

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Poverty

The arts

Femininity

Love
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A monkey costume

A uniform

A cheap rented business suit

A child's school uniform
19 What is a filling station?
A dive bar

A general store

A gas station

A roadside restaurant
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Desolate and frightening

Dirty and greasy

Comfortable and soothing

Chaotic and joyful
23 Which is an example of personification?
"somebody loves us"

"a daisy stitch"

"cement porch"

"hirsute begonia"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"cautious"

"comatose"

"high-strung"

"mercurial"
25 The poem's final line is an instance of what?
Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

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