Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His wife

His suit

His enemy

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

Rhyming

Enjambment

Allusion

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

Palinode

Pastiche

Parody

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

Participles

Infinitives

Gerunds

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

Metonymy

Simile

Synecdoche

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

Wind

Dirt

Night

Struggle
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?

deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound

nevertheless; all the same

happening before now and continuing into the present
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?

Probably

Possibly

Usually

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

Distant

Secure

Routined

Intimate
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

Acrostic

Rhyme

Pastiche

Sibilance
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?

people/phantoms

darkness/dream

walk/work

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

Evening

Afternoon

Midnight

Morning
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Television

Chapbook

Newspaper

Radio
15 The form of the poem is:

Sonnet

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Fascist

Republican

Royalist

Communist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Argentina

Chile

Venezuela

Brazil
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Old Age

Murder

Heart Attack

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

Anapest

Anachronism

Allegory

Anaphora
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Get a job

Conduct business

Dance

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Trepidation

Joy

Respect

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His soul

His skin

His bones

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

Tears

Sweat

Blood

Mud
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?

Dresser

Closet

Bureau

Chair

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