The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Two

Four

One

Three
2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem?
Allusion

Pastiche

Personification

Foreshadowing
3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break?
Accumulation

Enthymeme

Apostrophe

Enjambment
4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life?
End

Throughout

Beginning

Middle
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A daisy and some grass

A violet and a field

A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
An automobile and a train

A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Pants

Skirt

Dress

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Roots

Birds

Sky

Nests
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Regret

Pain

Joy

Sadness
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?
Sun

Rain

Sleet

Snow
11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics?
Third

Second

First

Fourth
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Third

Second

Fourth

First
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Fourth

Second

Third

First
14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social?
Third

First

Second

Fourth
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Ballad

Ode

Sonnet

Koan
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?
It is Chilean

It is standing

It is metal

It is huge
17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify?
Egg-shaped

Elegant

Everyday

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Second

Fourth

First

Third
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Snoring

Thieving

Singing

Exalting
20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”?
Splendor

Naked

Regrets

Sadder
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Democrat

Green

Communist

Republican
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Cancer

Heart Attack

Murder

Old Age
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Silly

Elegiac

Philosophical
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?
Animist

Atheist

Pragmatic

Despairing
25 Who translated this poem?
Gabriel García Márquez

William O'Daly

Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

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