Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Wicker

Plastic

Oil Cans

Wood
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Eight

Ten

Six

Four
3 When was this poem published?

1965

1982

1914

2007
4 What is a doily?

An oil can

A popular saying

A lacy ornament

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

Metonymy

Parentheses

Onomatopoeia

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

Road signs

Siblings

Animals

Flowers
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Adventure

Religion

Family

Friendship
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

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

North and South

Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

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

A snake

A cat

A dog

A spider
11 Who is the speaker?

A teenage boy

The speaker is not identified

A university student

A mother
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

"certain color"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"

"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?

Twin brothers

A family with several sons

A very old man

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

Overdone

Funny

Beautiful

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?

Scotland

The location is never stated

Massachusetts

Canada
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

The arts

Love

Femininity

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

A child's school uniform

A cheap rented business suit

A monkey costume

A uniform
19 What is a filling station?

A roadside restaurant

A general store

A gas station

A dive bar
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 internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

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

Chaotic and joyful

Comfortable and soothing

Desolate and frightening

Dirty and greasy
23 Which is an example of personification?

"cement porch"

"somebody loves us"

"a daisy stitch"

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

"comatose"

"cautious"

"high-strung"

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

Personification

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Simile

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