The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Three

Two

One

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

Foreshadowing

Allusion

Personification

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

Apostrophe

Enthymeme

Accumulation

Enjambment
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 rose and some trees

A daisy and some grass

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?

Dress

Pants

Blouse

Skirt
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Roots

Nests

Sky

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Regret

Sadness

Pain

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?

Fourth

Third

First

Second
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

Third

Fourth

Second

First
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

First

Third

Fourth

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

Fourth

First

Third

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

Sonnet

Ode

Koan

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

It is metal

It is standing

It is huge

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

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary

Elegant

Everyday
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Fourth

First

Third

Second
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?

Exalting

Snoring

Singing

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?

Democrat

Green

Communist

Republican
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Cancer

Old Age

Murder

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Romantic

Elegiac

Silly

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

Despairing

Animist

Atheist

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?

Gabriel García Márquez

William O'Daly

Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

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