Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
His wife

His enemy

His suit

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

Hyperbole

Enjambment

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

Personification

Palinode

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

Participles

Gerunds

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

Dirt

Struggle

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

nevertheless; all the same

deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Usually

Maybe

Probably

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

Secure

Intimate

Routined
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?
Never

Apart

Together

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

Pastiche

Acrostic

Rhyme
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
darkness/dream

walk/work

suit/sock

people/phantoms
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Afternoon

Morning

Midnight

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

Radio

Newspaper

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

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

Republican

Communist

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Brazil

Venezuela

Chile

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

Old Age

Heart Attack

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

Anapest

Anachronism

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Walk

Get a job

Conduct business

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Respect

Joy

Trepidation
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His soul

His bones

His wife

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

Mud

Blood

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
He changes his clothes

They are one being

He is naked

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

Closet

Dresser

Chair

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