Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

His suit

Himself

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

Hyperbole

Rhyming

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

Personification

Parody

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

Infinitives

Gerunds

Participles
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?
Dirt

Night

Wind

Struggle
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?
Probably

Usually

Maybe

Possibly
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?
Never

Together

Apart

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

Rhyme

Acrostic

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

people/phantoms

suit/sock

walk/work
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Midnight

Morning

Afternoon

Evening
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Chapbook

Television

Radio

Newspaper
15 The form of the poem is:
Soliloquy

Free verse

Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Royalist

Communist

Fascist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Argentina

Venezuela

Brazil
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Old Age

Cancer

Murder

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

Anachronism

Allegory

Anaphora
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Dance

Walk

Conduct business

Get a job
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Respect

Joy

Trepidation

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His skin

His wife

His soul

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

Mud

Tears

Blood
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
He changes his clothes

He is naked

They are one being

It is dead
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Closet

Chair

Dresser

Bureau

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