Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
His suit

His wife

His enemy

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

Enjambment

Hyperbole

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

Palinode

Parody

Personification
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Interjections

Gerunds

Infinitives

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

Simile

Irony

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

Dirt

Night

Struggle
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound

deep silence and calm

happening before now and continuing into the present
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Usually

Probably

Possibly

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

Secure

Intimate

Routined
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?
Never

Soon

Apart

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

Pastiche

Rhyme

Sibilance
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
darkness/dream

walk/work

people/phantoms

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

Afternoon

Evening

Morning
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Television

Newspaper

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet

Soliloquy

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Royalist

Communist

Republican

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Argentina

Brazil

Venezuela
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Murder

Old Age

Heart Attack

Cancer
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called
Allegory

Anapest

Anachronism

Anaphora
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Walk

Dance

Conduct business

Get a job
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Joy

Respect

Trepidation
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His skin

His bones

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
They are one being

He is naked

It is dead

He changes his clothes
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Chair

Closet

Bureau

Dresser

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