The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Two

One

Three

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

Pastiche

Allusion

Foreshadowing

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

Apostrophe

Enthymeme

Enjambment

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

Middle

Throughout

End

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?

A violet and a field

A rose and some trees

A geranium and some bushes

A daisy and some grass
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?

A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

An automobile and a train

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

Blouse

Skirt

Dress

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Birds

Sky

Roots

Nests
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Pain

Regret

Sadness

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

Sleet

Snow

Rain

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

Second

Fourth

First

Third
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

Second

First

Fourth

Third
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?

First

Fourth

Second

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

Ballad

Koan

Ode

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

It is standing

It is Chilean

It is huge

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

Everyday

Elegant

Extraordinary

Egg-shaped
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Second

First

Third

Fourth
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?

Thieving

Singing

Exalting

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

Splendor

Regrets

Sadder

Naked
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?

Democrat

Green

Republican

Communist
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Heart Attack

Cancer

Old Age

Murder
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Elegiac

Philosophical

Romantic

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

Animist

Atheist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?

Harold Bloom

William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

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