Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Wood

Plastic

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

Ten

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1982

1965

1914

2007
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

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Parentheses
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?
Road signs

Animals

Siblings

Flowers
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Family

Adventure

Friendship

Religion
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of embroidered fabric

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Makeshift and precarious

Made of woven twigs
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

North and South

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

A cat

A spider

A snake
11 Who is the speaker?
A teenage boy

A university student

The speaker is not identified

A mother
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"

"certain color"

"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

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 neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
Twin brothers

A very old man

A group of young women

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

Flippant

Overdone

Beautiful
16 Where is the filling station?
Canada

Massachusetts

Scotland

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

The arts

Love

Femininity
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A cheap rented business suit

A uniform

A child's school uniform

A monkey costume
19 What is a filling station?
A general store

A gas station

A dive bar

A roadside restaurant
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Rushed; Contented

Disgusted; Curious

Angry; Resigned

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

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

Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Desolate and frightening
23 Which is an example of personification?
"cement porch"

"hirsute begonia"

"a daisy stitch"

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

"mercurial"

"cautious"

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

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

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