The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Four

Three

Two

One
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?

Enthymeme

Apostrophe

Accumulation

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

Beginning

Throughout

Middle

End
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?

A rose and some trees

A violet and a field

A daisy and some grass

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

A cart and a plane

An automobile and a train

A bicycle and a bus

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

Skirt

Pants

Dress

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Nests

Sky

Birds

Roots
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Joy

Regret

Pain

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

Snow

Sun

Rain

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

First

Second

Fourth

Third
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

First

Fourth

Second

Third
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

Fourth

Third

Second

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

Fourth

Second

Third

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

Ode

Sonnet

Koan

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

It is Chilean

It is metal

It is huge

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

Everyday

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Fourth

First

Second

Third
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?

Snoring

Singing

Thieving

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

Naked

Sadder

Regrets

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?

Democrat

Communist

Green

Republican
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Cancer

Old Age

Murder

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Romantic

Philosophical

Silly

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

Pragmatic

Animist

Despairing

Atheist
25 Who translated this poem?

William O'Daly

Salvador Allende

Gabriel García Márquez

Harold Bloom

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