Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Wood

Wicker

Plastic

Oil Cans
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Four

Ten

Six

Eight
3 When was this poem published?

1982

1965

1914

2007
4 What is a doily?

A lacy ornament

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

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

Onomatopoeia

Semicolons

Parentheses

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

Road signs

Flowers

Siblings

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Religion

Adventure

Friendship

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

Makeshift and precarious

Made of repurposed industrial materials
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 spider

A cat

A dog

A snake
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?

"certain color"

"dirty dog"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"
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

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
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

Funny

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?

Massachusetts

Scotland

Canada

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

Love

Femininity

Poverty

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

A cheap rented business suit

A child's school uniform

A monkey costume

A uniform
19 What is a filling station?

A dive bar

A general store

A gas station

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

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented

Disgusted; Curious

Angry; Resigned
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 internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

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

Desolate and frightening

Chaotic and joyful

Dirty and greasy

Comfortable and soothing
23 Which is an example of personification?

"cement porch"

"somebody loves us"

"hirsute begonia"

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

"mercurial"

"high-strung"

"cautious"

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

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

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