1 How many questions are in this poem? One Four Three Two 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? Enjambment Apostrophe Accumulation Enthymeme 4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life? Middle Beginning End Throughout 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? 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? Dress Pants Skirt Blouse 8 What are trees in the poem concealing? Nests Sky Roots Birds 9 What emotion does the automobile experience? Joy Sadness Regret Pain 10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem? Sun Rain Snow Sleet 11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics? Third First Second Fourth 12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics? Second Fourth First Third 13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness? Third Second First Fourth 14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social? Third First Fourth Second 15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to? Ballad Sonnet Koan Ode 16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad? It is huge It is standing It is metal It is Chilean 17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify? Extraordinary Everyday Elegant Egg-shaped 18 Which question begins with an imperative? Third Fourth Second First 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”? Regrets Sadder Naked Splendor 21 What political party did Neruda belong to? Republican Green Democrat Communist 22 How did Neruda (most likely) die? Cancer Old Age Heart Attack Murder 23 What is the tone of the poem? Philosophical Romantic Elegiac Silly 24 What is the overall world view of the poem? Atheist Despairing Animist Pragmatic 25 Who translated this poem? Gabriel García Márquez William O'Daly Salvador Allende Harold Bloom
