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

Rhyming

Hyperbole

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

Parody

Personification

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

Participles

Interjections

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

Irony

Simile

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

Wind

Night

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?
Maybe

Possibly

Probably

Usually
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?
Apart

Soon

Together

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

Rhyme

Pastiche

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?
Morning

Midnight

Afternoon

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

Chapbook

Television

Newspaper
15 The form of the poem is:
Soliloquy

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Royalist

Republican

Fascist

Communist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Brazil

Argentina

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

Cancer

Heart Attack

Old Age
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called
Anaphora

Anachronism

Allegory

Anapest
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Dance

Conduct business

Get a job

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Trepidation

Indifference

Respect

Joy
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His skin

His bones

His wife

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

Tears

Blood

Sweat
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
He is naked

It is dead

He changes his clothes

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

Bureau

Closet

Dresser

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