The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Two

One

Four

Three
2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem?
Personification

Pastiche

Allusion

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

Enjambment

Accumulation

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

Middle

Beginning

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

A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes

A violet and a field
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
An automobile and a train

A bicycle and a bus

A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Blouse

Dress

Skirt

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Roots

Sky

Nests

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Regret

Pain

Sadness

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

Sleet

Sun

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

Third

Second

Fourth
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Fourth

Third

Second

First
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Fourth

Third

First

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

Third

First

Second
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Ballad

Sonnet

Ode

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

It is huge

It is metal

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

Egg-shaped

Elegant

Everyday
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Fourth

Second

Third

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

Thieving

Singing

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

Naked

Regrets

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Green

Democrat

Communist

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

Cancer

Murder

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

Silly

Elegiac

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

Despairing

Atheist

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?
Harold Bloom

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

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