The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Three

Four

Two

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

Personification

Foreshadowing

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

Accumulation

Enjambment

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

Middle

Throughout

Beginning
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?
Dress

Pants

Skirt

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Birds

Roots

Sky

Nests
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Sadness

Joy

Pain

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

Rain

Sleet

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

Second

Third

First
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Second

Fourth

First

Third
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
First

Second

Fourth

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

Second

Fourth

First
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Koan

Ballad

Ode

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

It is standing

It is metal

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

Egg-shaped

Everyday

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Second

Fourth

First

Third
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Snoring

Singing

Exalting

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

Regrets

Naked

Sadder
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Communist

Democrat

Republican

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

Heart Attack

Murder

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Philosophical

Elegiac

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

Despairing

Atheist

Animist
25 Who translated this poem?
William O'Daly

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

Harold Bloom

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