Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Oil Cans

Plastic

Wicker

Wood
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Eight

Four

Six

Ten
3 When was this poem published?

1982

1914

2007

1965
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

Metonymy

Parentheses

Semicolons
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?

Friendship

Religion

Adventure

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

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

Geography III

North and South

Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?

A spider

A dog

A cat

A snake
11 Who is the speaker?

A mother

The speaker is not identified

A university student

A teenage boy
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"

"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 family with several sons

A group of young women

Twin brothers

A very old man
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?

Funny

Beautiful

Overdone

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?

Scotland

Massachusetts

Canada

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

Femininity

Poverty

The arts

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

A cheap rented business suit

A child's school uniform

A uniform

A monkey costume
19 What is a filling station?

A dive bar

A roadside restaurant

A general store

A gas station
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?

Disgusted; Curious

Rushed; Contented

Excited; Humbled

Angry; Resigned
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

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?

Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Desolate and frightening

Chaotic and joyful
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"

"high-strung"

"cautious"

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

Hyperbole

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

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