Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Wood

Wicker

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Eight

Four

Six

Ten
3 When was this poem published?
1965

2007

1982

1914
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

A snack popular in midcentury America

A popular saying

An oil can
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Metonymy

Parentheses

Semicolons

Onomatopoeia
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?
Friendship

Religion

Family

Adventure
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

Makeshift and precarious
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
Geography III

Questions of Travel

North and South

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A dog

A spider

A snake

A cat
11 Who is the speaker?
The speaker is not identified

A teenage boy

A mother

A university student
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"dirty dog"

"certain color"

"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
Oil is not a motif in this poem

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

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
14 Who runs the filling station?
A very old man

A group of young women

Twin brothers

A family with several sons
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Funny

Flippant

Beautiful

Overdone
16 Where is the filling station?
Scotland

Canada

The location is never stated

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Poverty

Femininity

Love

The arts
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A cheap rented business suit

A monkey costume

A uniform

A child's school uniform
19 What is a filling station?
A roadside restaurant

A dive bar

A gas station

A general store
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Rushed; Contented

Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

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

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Chaotic and joyful

Comfortable and soothing

Desolate and frightening

Dirty and greasy
23 Which is an example of personification?
"a daisy stitch"

"somebody loves us"

"hirsute begonia"

"cement porch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"mercurial"

"high-strung"

"cautious"

"comatose"
25 The poem's final line is an instance of what?
Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Hyperbole

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