Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Wood

Oil Cans

Plastic

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Four

Eight

Six

Ten
3 When was this poem published?

1982

1965

2007

1914
4 What is a doily?

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A popular saying

A lacy ornament
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?

Road signs

Flowers

Animals

Siblings
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Religion

Adventure

Family

Friendship
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Makeshift and precarious

Made of woven twigs

Made of embroidered fabric
9 In which collection was this poem first published?

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

North and South

Geography III

Questions of Travel
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?

A spider

A cat

A snake

A dog
11 Who is the speaker?

The speaker is not identified

A teenage boy

A mother

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

"dirty dog"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"

"careful with that match"
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 very old man

Twin brothers

A group of young women

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

Beautiful

Overdone

Flippant

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?

Scotland

Massachusetts

Canada

The location is never stated
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

Poverty

Femininity

Love

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

A uniform

A monkey costume

A cheap rented business suit

A child's school uniform
19 What is a filling station?

A dive bar

A roadside restaurant

A gas station

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

Angry; Resigned

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented

Disgusted; Curious
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

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

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

Chaotic and joyful

Desolate and frightening

Dirty and greasy

Comfortable and soothing
23 Which is an example of personification?

"cement porch"

"a daisy stitch"

"somebody loves us"

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

"high-strung"

"cautious"

"comatose"

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

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

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