Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Plastic

Wood

Wicker

Oil Cans
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Eight

Ten

Six

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1965

1914

2007

1982
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

A popular saying

A snack popular in midcentury America

An oil can
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Metonymy

Parentheses

Semicolons

Onomatopoeia
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?
Adventure

Religion

Friendship

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

Made of woven twigs

Makeshift and precarious

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

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Geography III

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

A dog

A snake

A spider
11 Who is the speaker?
A university student

A mother

The speaker is not identified

A teenage boy
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 negative association at the start of the work, but a positive one by the end

It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end

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
14 Who runs the filling station?
A very old man

A group of young women

A family with several sons

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

Beautiful

Flippant

Overdone
16 Where is the filling station?
Canada

Massachusetts

Scotland

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

The arts

Poverty

Love
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A monkey costume

A cheap rented business suit

A uniform

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

A dive bar

A general store

A gas station
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?
Chaotic and joyful

Dirty and greasy

Comfortable and soothing

Desolate and frightening
23 Which is an example of personification?
"a daisy stitch"

"hirsute begonia"

"somebody loves us"

"cement porch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"mercurial"

"cautious"

"high-strung"

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

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

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