Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His enemy

His suit

His wife

Himself
2 What technique does the poem use to make the reading flow?

Enjambment

Rhyming

Hyperbole

Allusion
3 The verb “waiting” in the poem is an example of

Parody

Personification

Palinode

Pastiche
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?

Participles

Infinitives

Gerunds

Interjections
5 What figure of speech is “you flap and hum/as if you were my soul”?

Irony

Metonymy

Simile

Synecdoche
6 Which challenge do the speaker and the suit NOT face together?

Struggle

Night

Dirt

Wind
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?

deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present

nevertheless; all the same
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?

Maybe

Probably

Possibly

Usually
9 Which adjective does NOT describe the speaker’s relationship with the suit?

Secure

Distant

Routined

Intimate
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?

Together

Soon

Never

Apart
11 The repetition of “simple,” “sick” and “suit” is an example of

Rhyme

Sibilance

Pastiche

Acrostic
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?

people/phantoms

darkness/dream

walk/work

suit/sock
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?

Evening

Morning

Midnight

Afternoon
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Radio

Newspaper

Television

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:

Soliloquy

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Fascist

Royalist

Communist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Venezuela

Chile

Argentina

Brazil
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Old Age

Murder

Cancer

Heart Attack
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called

Anachronism

Allegory

Anaphora

Anapest
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Walk

Dance

Conduct business

Get a job
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Trepidation

Joy

Respect

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His soul

His bones

His skin

His wife
23 What does the speaker imagine his suit getting stained by?

Blood

Mud

Sweat

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

They are one being

He changes his clothes

It is dead

He is naked
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?

Dresser

Closet

Chair

Bureau

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