The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
One

Three

Two

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

Foreshadowing

Allusion

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

Enjambment

Enthymeme

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

Throughout

End

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes

A violet and a field

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

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus

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

Pants

Skirt

Dress
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Birds

Nests

Sky

Roots
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Joy

Sadness

Pain

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

Rain

Sleet

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

First

Fourth

Second
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Third

Fourth

Second

First
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?
Third

Fourth

Second

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

Ode

Ballad

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

It is Chilean

It is standing

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

Elegant

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Third

First

Fourth

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

Exalting

Snoring

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

Sadder

Splendor

Regrets
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Green

Republican

Communist

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

Cancer

Old Age

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Elegiac

Philosophical

Romantic

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

Animist

Despairing

Atheist
25 Who translated this poem?
Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

Harold Bloom

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