The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Three

One

Two

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

Personification

Allusion

Pastiche

Foreshadowing
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?

Throughout

Middle

End

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?

A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes

A daisy and some grass

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 bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?

Dress

Skirt

Pants

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Sky

Birds

Roots

Nests
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Pain

Sadness

Joy

Regret
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?

Second

Third

First

Fourth
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

Fourth

First

Second

Third
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

First

Fourth

Third

Second
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?

Koan

Ode

Sonnet

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

It is Chilean

It is metal

It is standing

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

Everyday

Extraordinary

Egg-shaped

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Second

Third

Fourth

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”?

Regrets

Naked

Sadder

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?

Republican

Green

Democrat

Communist
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Cancer

Heart Attack

Old Age

Murder
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Silly

Philosophical

Romantic

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

Atheist

Pragmatic

Despairing

Animist
25 Who translated this poem?

Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

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