Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Oil Cans

Plastic

Wood
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Six

Ten

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1965

1982

2007

1914
4 What is a doily?
A popular saying

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A lacy ornament
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Parentheses

Semicolons

Metonymy

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

Family

Friendship

Religion
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?
North and South

Geography III

Questions of Travel

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

A spider

A dog

A snake
11 Who is the speaker?
The speaker is not identified

A university student

A mother

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

"certain color"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
Oil is not a motif in this poem

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

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

It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
A group of young women

A very old man

Twin brothers

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

Funny

Flippant

Overdone
16 Where is the filling station?
Scotland

The location is never stated

Canada

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Poverty

Love

The arts

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

A uniform

A child's school uniform

A cheap rented business suit
19 What is a filling station?
A general store

A dive bar

A gas station

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

Angry; Resigned

Rushed; Contented

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
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

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Dirty and greasy

Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing

Chaotic and joyful
23 Which is an example of personification?
"hirsute begonia"

"a daisy stitch"

"somebody loves us"

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

"cautious"

"comatose"

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

Personification

Metaphor

Hyperbole

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