Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Plastic

Oil Cans

Wood

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Eight

Four

Ten

Six
3 When was this poem published?

1914

1982

1965

2007
4 What is a doily?

A popular saying

A lacy ornament

An oil can

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

Parentheses

Onomatopoeia

Metonymy

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

Siblings

Road signs

Flowers

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Friendship

Family

Adventure

Religion
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

Makeshift and precarious

Made of repurposed industrial materials
9 In which collection was this poem first published?

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

North and South

Questions of Travel

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

A spider

A dog

A snake

A cat
11 Who is the speaker?

A mother

A university student

The speaker is not identified

A teenage boy
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"

"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?

Twin brothers

A group of young women

A family with several sons

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

Flippant

Beautiful

Funny

Overdone
16 Where is the filling station?

The location is never stated

Massachusetts

Canada

Scotland
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

Femininity

The arts

Love

Poverty
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 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?

Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

Rushed; Contented

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?

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

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?

Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful

Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing
23 Which is an example of personification?

"a daisy stitch"

"somebody loves us"

"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?

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

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