Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His wife

His suit

His enemy

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

Hyperbole

Rhyming

Enjambment

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

Personification

Parody

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”?

Simile

Synecdoche

Irony

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

Struggle

Night

Wind

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

happening before now and continuing into the present

not moving or making a sound

nevertheless; all the same

deep silence and calm
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?

Intimate

Routined

Secure

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

Soon

Together

Apart

Never
11 The repetition of “simple,” “sick” and “suit” is an example of

Acrostic

Rhyme

Sibilance

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

people/phantoms

walk/work

darkness/dream

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

Morning

Evening

Midnight

Afternoon
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Newspaper

Chapbook

Radio

Television
15 The form of the poem is:

Sonnet

Free verse

Soliloquy

Iambic Pentameter
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Republican

Communist

Fascist

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Argentina

Chile

Venezuela

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

Anapest

Anachronism

Anaphora

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Get a job

Conduct business

Walk

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Joy

Trepidation

Indifference

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His bones

His skin

His soul

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

Blood

Tears

Sweat

Mud
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

It is dead

He is naked

He changes his clothes

They are one being
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?

Closet

Bureau

Dresser

Chair

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