Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Wood

Plastic

Oil Cans

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Four

Six

Eight

Ten
3 When was this poem published?

1982

1914

1965

2007
4 What is a doily?

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A popular saying

A lacy ornament
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?

Semicolons

Parentheses

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?

Road signs

Siblings

Animals

Flowers
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Adventure

Family

Friendship

Religion
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

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

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel

North and South

Geography III
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?

A snake

A dog

A spider

A cat
11 Who is the speaker?

The speaker is not identified

A university student

A teenage boy

A mother
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

"certain color"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"

"dirty dog"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the 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

Oil is not a motif in this poem
14 Who runs the filling station?

A group of young women

Twin brothers

A family with several sons

A very old man
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?

Flippant

Beautiful

Overdone

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?

Scotland

Massachusetts

Canada

The location is never stated
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

The arts

Femininity

Poverty

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

A child's school uniform

A cheap rented business suit

A uniform

A monkey costume
19 What is a filling station?

A dive bar

A roadside restaurant

A general store

A gas station
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented

Angry; Resigned
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

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
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?

Chaotic and joyful

Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy
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"

"high-strung"

"mercurial"

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

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

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