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?
Rhyming

Enjambment

Hyperbole

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

Palinode

Personification

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

Participles

Infinitives

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

Struggle

Wind

Night
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
happening before now and continuing into the present

deep silence and calm

nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound
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?
Secure

Routined

Intimate

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

Never

Soon

Together
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?
people/phantoms

walk/work

suit/sock

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

Evening

Afternoon

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

Television

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Soliloquy

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet

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

Republican

Fascist

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Brazil

Argentina

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

Cancer

Heart Attack

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
Dance

Get a job

Conduct business

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Trepidation

Respect

Joy

Indifference
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
It is dead

They are one being

He is naked

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

Chair

Dresser

Bureau

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