The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

One

Three

Four

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

Allusion

Personification

Foreshadowing

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

Apostrophe

Enthymeme

Enjambment

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

End

Middle

Beginning

Throughout
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?

A violet and a field

A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes

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

A bicycle and a bus

A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

An automobile and a train
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?

Dress

Pants

Blouse

Skirt
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Birds

Roots

Sky

Nests
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Sadness

Joy

Pain

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

Snow

Sun

Sleet

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

Third

Second

Fourth

First
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

Second

Fourth

First

Third
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

First

Fourth

Second

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

First

Fourth

Second

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

Ballad

Koan

Ode

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

It is metal

It is Chilean

It is huge

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

Elegant

Egg-shaped

Everyday

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Fourth

Third

Second

First
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”?

Naked

Splendor

Sadder

Regrets
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?

Communist

Democrat

Republican

Green
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Cancer

Heart Attack

Old Age

Murder
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Elegiac

Romantic

Philosophical

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

Animist

Pragmatic

Atheist

Despairing
25 Who translated this poem?

William O'Daly

Salvador Allende

Gabriel García Márquez

Harold Bloom

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