Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

His wife

His suit

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

Rhyming

Hyperbole

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

Personification

Parody

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

Interjections

Participles

Gerunds
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?
Wind

Struggle

Night

Dirt
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?
Maybe

Possibly

Usually

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

Routined

Secure

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

Apart

Never

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

Rhyme

Acrostic

Pastiche
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
suit/sock

darkness/dream

walk/work

people/phantoms
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

Radio

Newspaper
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Free verse

Soliloquy

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Republican

Royalist

Communist

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Chile

Brazil

Argentina
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
Anaphora

Anachronism

Anapest

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Get a job

Walk

Conduct business

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Respect

Trepidation

Joy
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His soul

His skin

His wife

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

Mud

Blood

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
It is dead

He changes his clothes

He is naked

They are one being
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Chair

Bureau

Dresser

Closet

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