Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Wood

Wicker

Oil Cans

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Six

Four

Eight

Ten
3 When was this poem published?
1965

2007

1914

1982
4 What is a doily?
An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A lacy ornament

A popular saying
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

Animals

Flowers

Siblings
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Friendship

Adventure

Family

Religion
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

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

Geography III

North and South

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

A snake

A spider

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

A mother

A teenage boy

A university student
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"careful with that match"

"certain color"

"dirty dog"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
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

It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
Twin brothers

A group of young women

A family with several sons

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

Funny

Beautiful

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?
Canada

The location is never stated

Scotland

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Femininity

Poverty

Love

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

A monkey costume

A child's school uniform

A uniform
19 What is a filling station?
A general store

A dive bar

A gas station

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

Disgusted; Curious

Angry; Resigned

Rushed; Contented
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Desolate and frightening

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?
"mercurial"

"high-strung"

"cautious"

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

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

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