The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Two

Four

Three

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

Pastiche

Allusion

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

Enjambment

Enthymeme

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

Throughout

Beginning

End
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 bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

An automobile and a train
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Dress

Blouse

Pants

Skirt
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Nests

Birds

Sky

Roots
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Sadness

Regret

Joy

Pain
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

Fourth

Second

Third
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Fourth

First

Third

Second
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
First

Fourth

Second

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

Fourth

First

Third
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 huge

It is Chilean

It is standing

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

Extraordinary

Egg-shaped

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Fourth

First

Second

Third
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”?
Regrets

Naked

Sadder

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Democrat

Communist

Green

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

Heart Attack

Cancer

Old Age
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Elegiac

Philosophical

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

Despairing

Atheist

Animist
25 Who translated this poem?
Gabriel García Márquez

William O'Daly

Salvador Allende

Harold Bloom

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