Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Oil Cans

Wicker

Wood

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Ten

Six

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1914

1965

2007

1982
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

A snack popular in midcentury America

An oil can

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

Parentheses

Semicolons

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?
Adventure

Religion

Family

Friendship
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

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

Questions of Travel

North and South

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

A spider

A cat

A snake
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"

"careful with that match"

"dirty dog"

"certain color"
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

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

It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
A very old man

Twin brothers

A family with several sons

A group of young women
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Overdone

Flippant

Beautiful

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?
The location is never stated

Canada

Scotland

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Femininity

Love

The arts

Poverty
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A uniform

A cheap rented business suit

A child's school uniform

A monkey costume
19 What is a filling station?
A roadside restaurant

A gas station

A dive bar

A general store
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 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

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?
"hirsute begonia"

"cement porch"

"somebody loves us"

"a daisy stitch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"high-strung"

"comatose"

"cautious"

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

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

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