Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Oil Cans

Plastic

Wood

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Four

Eight

Six

Ten
3 When was this poem published?

2007

1982

1965

1914
4 What is a doily?

A snack popular in midcentury America

A lacy ornament

An oil can

A popular saying
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?

Semicolons

Parentheses

Onomatopoeia

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

Siblings

Flowers

Road signs

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Religion

Friendship

Adventure

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Makeshift and precarious

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

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

Questions of Travel

Geography III

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

North and South
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?

A dog

A snake

A cat

A spider
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?

"dirty dog"

"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the 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

Oil is not a motif in this poem

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 family with several sons

A group of young women

Twin brothers
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?

Flippant

Overdone

Funny

Beautiful
16 Where is the filling station?

Scotland

Massachusetts

The location is never stated

Canada
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

The arts

Poverty

Love

Femininity
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 general store

A gas station

A roadside restaurant

A dive bar
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?

Rushed; Contented

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled

Angry; Resigned
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?

Dirty and greasy

Comfortable and soothing

Desolate and frightening

Chaotic and joyful
23 Which is an example of personification?

"cement porch"

"hirsute begonia"

"a daisy stitch"

"somebody loves us"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?

"cautious"

"comatose"

"mercurial"

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

Hyperbole

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

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