The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Four

Three

One

Two
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?
Enthymeme

Enjambment

Apostrophe

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

Beginning

End

Middle
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?
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?
Pants

Blouse

Skirt

Dress
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Sky

Roots

Nests

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Sadness

Regret

Joy

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

Sleet

Sun

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

Fourth

Second

Third
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Second

Third

Fourth

First
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Third

Second

First

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

First

Third

Second
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Ode

Sonnet

Ballad

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

It is huge

It is standing

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

Egg-shaped

Elegant

Everyday
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Fourth

Second

Third

First
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Singing

Thieving

Snoring

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

Sadder

Naked

Regrets
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Democrat

Green

Communist

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

Heart Attack

Cancer

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

Silly

Philosophical

Elegiac
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?
Atheist

Animist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?
Harold Bloom

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

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