The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
One

Four

Two

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

Foreshadowing

Pastiche

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

Apostrophe

Enthymeme

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

Throughout

Middle

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A geranium and some bushes

A daisy and some grass

A rose and some trees

A violet and a field
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
A bicycle and a bus

An automobile and a train

A cart and a plane

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

Skirt

Blouse

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Sky

Nests

Roots

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Joy

Pain

Sadness

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

Sun

Snow

Sleet
11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics?
Fourth

Third

Second

First
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Fourth

Third

First

Second
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Third

Fourth

Second

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

Second

Third

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

Ballad

Ode

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

It is Chilean

It is huge

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

Everyday

Elegant

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
First

Second

Third

Fourth
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Exalting

Snoring

Singing

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

Naked

Regrets

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Republican

Communist

Democrat

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

Murder

Old Age

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Philosophical

Elegiac

Silly
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?
Pragmatic

Atheist

Animist

Despairing
25 Who translated this poem?
Gabriel García Márquez

Harold Bloom

William O'Daly

Salvador Allende

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