Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
Himself

His suit

His enemy

His wife
2 What technique does the poem use to make the reading flow?
Allusion

Enjambment

Rhyming

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

Pastiche

Personification

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

Gerunds

Participles

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

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Simile
6 Which challenge do the speaker and the suit NOT face together?
Struggle

Wind

Dirt

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

nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound

deep silence and calm
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Possibly

Usually

Probably

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

Secure

Intimate

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

Soon

Never

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

Sibilance

Acrostic

Rhyme
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?
Newspaper

Television

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Sonnet

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

Republican

Fascist

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Brazil

Venezuela

Argentina

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

Heart Attack

Murder

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
Conduct business

Get a job

Dance

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Joy

Trepidation

Indifference

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His bones

His skin

His wife

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

Blood

Mud

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
He is naked

He changes his clothes

They are one being

It is dead
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Bureau

Dresser

Chair

Closet

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