The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Three

One

Four

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

Allusion

Foreshadowing

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

Enthymeme

Accumulation

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

End

Throughout

Middle
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A daisy and some grass

A rose and some trees

A violet and a field

A geranium and some bushes
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?
Dress

Skirt

Pants

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Sky

Nests

Roots

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Sadness

Regret

Joy

Pain
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?
Rain

Snow

Sleet

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

First

Second

Third
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
First

Second

Fourth

Third
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Second

Third

Fourth

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

Second

First

Fourth
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 metal

It is huge

It is standing

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

Elegant

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Fourth

Second

Third

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

Snoring

Exalting

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

Naked

Splendor

Sadder
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Republican

Green

Communist

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

Cancer

Old Age

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

Silly

Romantic

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

Atheist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?
Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

Harold Bloom

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