Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

Himself

His suit

His wife
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
Personification

Parody

Palinode

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

Irony

Synecdoche

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

Dirt

Struggle

Night
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
not moving or making a sound

deep silence and calm

nevertheless; all the same

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

Maybe

Usually

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

Distant

Intimate

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

Together

Soon

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

Pastiche

Rhyme

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

suit/sock

darkness/dream

people/phantoms
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Afternoon

Midnight

Evening

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

Newspaper

Chapbook

Television
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet

Free verse

Soliloquy
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Communist

Royalist

Fascist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Argentina

Chile

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

Heart Attack

Old Age

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

Allegory

Anapest

Anaphora
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Dance

Conduct business

Walk

Get a job
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Joy

Indifference

Trepidation

Respect
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

Sweat

Tears

Mud
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
It is dead

He changes his clothes

He is naked

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

Chair

Closet

Bureau

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