The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Three

Four

One

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

Personification

Foreshadowing

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

Apostrophe

Enjambment

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

Middle

Throughout

End
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A violet and a field

A daisy and some grass

A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes
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?
Blouse

Dress

Skirt

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Nests

Roots

Sky

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Joy

Pain

Regret

Sadness
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?
First

Third

Second

Fourth
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
First

Third

Second

Fourth
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Second

Third

First

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

First

Second

Fourth
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 huge

It is metal

It is standing

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

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Second

Third

First

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

Snoring

Singing

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

Sadder

Naked

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Democrat

Communist

Republican

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

Heart Attack

Old Age

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Elegiac

Philosophical

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

Animist

Pragmatic

Despairing
25 Who translated this poem?
Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

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