Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His wife

Himself

His enemy

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

Hyperbole

Enjambment

Rhyming

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

Parody

Pastiche

Personification

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

Gerunds

Interjections

Infinitives

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

Irony

Simile

Synecdoche

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

Struggle

Dirt

Night

Wind
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?

Probably

Maybe

Usually

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

Intimate

Routined

Distant

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

Soon

Together

Apart

Never
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?

darkness/dream

people/phantoms

walk/work

suit/sock
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?

Evening

Midnight

Afternoon

Morning
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Television

Newspaper

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Free verse

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Republican

Royalist

Fascist

Communist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Argentina

Venezuela

Chile

Brazil
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Murder

Old Age

Heart Attack

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

Anapest

Anachronism

Anaphora

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Get a job

Conduct business

Walk

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Indifference

Joy

Trepidation

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His wife

His soul

His skin

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

Mud

Blood

Sweat

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

They are one being

He changes his clothes

He is naked

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

Bureau

Dresser

Closet

Chair

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