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?
Hyperbole

Allusion

Rhyming

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

Parody

Personification

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

Participles

Infinitives

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

Irony

Synecdoche

Simile
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?
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?
Probably

Maybe

Usually

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

Secure

Distant

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

Apart

Soon

Never
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?
darkness/dream

people/phantoms

walk/work

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

Afternoon

Evening

Morning
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Radio

Newspaper

Television

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Free verse

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Royalist

Communist

Fascist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Brazil

Argentina

Venezuela

Chile
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Old Age

Murder

Cancer

Heart Attack
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called
Anapest

Allegory

Anaphora

Anachronism
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Walk

Dance

Get a job

Conduct business
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Trepidation

Joy

Indifference

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His soul

His wife

His skin

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

Mud

Blood

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
They are one being

He is naked

It is dead

He changes his clothes
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Chair

Closet

Bureau

Dresser

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