Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
Himself

His enemy

His wife

His suit
2 What technique does the poem use to make the reading flow?
Hyperbole

Enjambment

Allusion

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

Palinode

Parody

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

Interjections

Infinitives

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

Struggle

Night

Wind
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound

nevertheless; all the same

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

Usually

Possibly

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

Secure

Distant

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

Soon

Apart

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

Sibilance

Pastiche

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

suit/sock

people/phantoms

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

Afternoon

Morning

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

Newspaper

Television

Radio
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Free verse

Sonnet

Soliloquy
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Fascist

Communist

Royalist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Brazil

Chile

Argentina
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Cancer

Old Age

Heart Attack

Murder
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called
Anachronism

Anapest

Anaphora

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Dance

Conduct business

Get a job

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Joy

Respect

Trepidation

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His bones

His soul

His wife

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

Tears

Sweat

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

It is dead

He is naked

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

Bureau

Closet

Chair

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