The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Three

One

Four

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

Pastiche

Personification

Allusion

Foreshadowing
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 rose and some trees

A violet and a field

A daisy and some grass

A geranium and some bushes
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?

Blouse

Dress

Skirt

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Birds

Nests

Sky

Roots
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Joy

Regret

Sadness

Pain
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?

Sun

Sleet

Rain

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

Third

Second

Fourth

First
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

Second

Third

Fourth

First
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

Third

First

Fourth

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?

Ode

Sonnet

Koan

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

It is metal

It is huge

It is standing

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

Extraordinary

Elegant

Everyday

Egg-shaped
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Second

Fourth

Third

First
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?

Snoring

Exalting

Singing

Thieving
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?

Republican

Communist

Green

Democrat
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Old Age

Murder

Heart Attack

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Romantic

Philosophical

Silly

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

Atheist

Pragmatic

Animist

Despairing
25 Who translated this poem?

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

Harold Bloom

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