The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Four

Three

Two

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

Pastiche

Personification

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

Accumulation

Enthymeme

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

End

Throughout

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A geranium and some bushes

A rose and some trees

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 cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Skirt

Blouse

Pants

Dress
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Birds

Nests

Sky

Roots
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Pain

Sadness

Regret

Joy
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?
Sleet

Sun

Snow

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

Fourth

First

Second
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

Second

Third

Fourth
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 standing

It is huge

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

Elegant

Everyday

Egg-shaped
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
First

Fourth

Third

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

Thieving

Exalting

Singing
20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”?
Sadder

Splendor

Regrets

Naked
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Republican

Democrat

Green

Communist
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Old Age

Murder

Heart Attack

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Silly

Philosophical

Romantic

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

Animist

Despairing

Atheist
25 Who translated this poem?
Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

Harold Bloom

William O'Daly

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