Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
Himself

His wife

His enemy

His suit
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

Personification

Parody

Palinode
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Participles

Infinitives

Interjections

Gerunds
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?
Night

Struggle

Wind

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

happening before now and continuing into the present

deep silence and calm

nevertheless; all the same
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Possibly

Maybe

Probably

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

Distant

Secure

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

Soon

Never

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

Sibilance

Acrostic

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

people/phantoms

walk/work

darkness/dream
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Midnight

Evening

Morning

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

Chapbook

Newspaper

Television
15 The form of the poem is:
Free verse

Sonnet

Soliloquy

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

Royalist

Republican

Communist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Venezuela

Brazil

Argentina
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Heart Attack

Cancer

Old Age

Murder
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
Joy

Indifference

Trepidation

Respect
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?
Sweat

Blood

Mud

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

They are one being

It is dead

He is naked
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Closet

Dresser

Bureau

Chair

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