The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Two

Three

Four

One
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?
Accumulation

Apostrophe

Enjambment

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

End

Middle

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

A geranium and some bushes

A violet and a field

A rose and some trees
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus

An automobile and a train

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?
Sky

Nests

Birds

Roots
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Joy

Regret

Pain

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

Snow

Sleet

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

Fourth

Second

First
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Third

Second

First

Fourth
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
First

Second

Third

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

Fourth

Third

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

Koan

Sonnet

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

It is Chilean

It is huge

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

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
First

Fourth

Third

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

Singing

Exalting

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

Democrat

Republican

Communist
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Heart Attack

Murder

Old Age

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Silly

Elegiac

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

Animist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?
Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

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