Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Wood

Wicker

Plastic

Oil Cans
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Ten

Six

Four

Eight
3 When was this poem published?

1914

1965

2007

1982
4 What is a doily?

A lacy ornament

A popular saying

An oil can

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

Onomatopoeia

Parentheses

Metonymy

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

Flowers

Road signs

Siblings

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Friendship

Adventure

Religion

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

Makeshift and precarious

Made of woven twigs
9 In which collection was this poem first published?

North and South

Questions of Travel

Geography III

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

A dog

A snake

A cat

A spider
11 Who is the speaker?

A teenage boy

A mother

The speaker is not identified

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

"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"

"dirty dog"
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

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

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

A group of young women

Twin brothers

A very old man

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

Funny

Overdone

Beautiful

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?

Massachusetts

Scotland

The location is never stated

Canada
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 child's school uniform

A uniform

A cheap rented business suit
19 What is a filling station?

A gas station

A roadside restaurant

A dive bar

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

Angry; Resigned

Excited; Humbled

Disgusted; Curious

Rushed; Contented
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?

Chaotic and joyful

Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Desolate and frightening
23 Which is an example of personification?

"a daisy stitch"

"cement porch"

"somebody loves us"

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

"mercurial"

"cautious"

"comatose"

"high-strung"
25 The poem's final line is an instance of what?

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

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