The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Two

One

Four

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

Personification

Allusion

Foreshadowing

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

Apostrophe

Accumulation

Enthymeme

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

Middle

Throughout

End

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?

A geranium and some bushes

A violet and a field

A rose and some trees

A daisy and some grass
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?

An automobile and a train

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus

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

Dress

Blouse

Pants

Skirt
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Sky

Roots

Nests

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Pain

Sadness

Joy

Regret
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?

Sun

Sleet

Rain

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

First

Fourth

Second
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

First

Third

Second

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

Third

Second

First

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

Sonnet

Ode

Koan

Ballad
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?

It is standing

It is metal

It is huge

It is Chilean
17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify?

Everyday

Extraordinary

Egg-shaped

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Second

Fourth

Third

First
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?

Singing

Thieving

Exalting

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

Naked

Splendor

Regrets

Sadder
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?

Communist

Democrat

Republican

Green
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Murder

Heart Attack

Old Age

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Philosophical

Silly

Elegiac

Romantic
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?

Pragmatic

Despairing

Atheist

Animist
25 Who translated this poem?

William O'Daly

Harold Bloom

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

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