Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His enemy

His wife

Himself

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

Enjambment

Rhyming

Hyperbole

Allusion
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?

Infinitives

Gerunds

Participles

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

Irony

Simile

Metonymy

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

Night

Wind

Struggle

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

happening before now and continuing into the present

not moving or making a sound

deep silence and calm

nevertheless; all the same
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?

Usually

Possibly

Maybe

Probably
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?

Never

Apart

Soon

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

Pastiche

Sibilance

Rhyme

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

walk/work

people/phantoms

darkness/dream

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

Midnight

Afternoon

Morning

Evening
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Chapbook

Television

Newspaper

Radio
15 The form of the poem is:

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Communist

Republican

Royalist

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Brazil

Venezuela

Argentina

Chile
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Heart Attack

Cancer

Old Age

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

Anachronism

Anapest

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

Indifference

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His wife

His soul

His bones

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

Tears

Blood

Mud

Sweat
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

He changes his clothes

They are one being

It is dead

He is naked
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?

Closet

Bureau

Dresser

Chair

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