1 What does the word "surfeit" mean? Complaint Large dinner party Charter or agreement Excess 2 Which best characterizes this poem? It embraces moral ambiguity, leaving readers unsure who to root for It follows an elaborate, complex formal structure It makes heavy use of figurative language It focuses on the psyche of the speaker 3 Which best describes the poem's speaker? A journalist bearing witness to the dictator's cruelty A dictator An unidentified, omniscient third-person speaker An unidentified, limited first-person speaker 4 Where are the poem's first several lines set? A military hospital A coffee shop A sugarcane field A schoolbuilding 5 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? AABAABABA It has no rhyme scheme ABCBAADCD ABBACDDCABBACDDC 6 What is the dictator's palace compared to? A diamond ring A teapot A dog's mouth A watch face 7 Who is the translator of the version discussed in this guide? Mark Eisner Pablo Neruda W.S. Merwin Ben Belitt 8 Neruda compares the palace-dwellers to "wineglasses, _____, and piping." Drumbeats Collars Gemstones Chocolates 9 What is the poem's meter? It is free verse Anapestic hexameter Trochaic trimeter Iambic pentameter 10 What does the word "finical" mean? Erudite Shiny Picky Multifaceted 11 Which of the following does the poem sharply critique? Religious extremism Fascism and authoritarianism Adult cruelty to children Industrialization 12 How many lines are in this poem? 17 10 15 14 13 Which of the following phrases does NOT contain alliteration? "carrion, blood, and a nausea" "the blinded, big leaves" "the plant and its pollen" "The snout filled with silence and slime" 14 Which of the following are juxtaposed? The dictator and his allies The plant and the pollen Laughter and death The snout and the bones 15 What does the word "satrap" mean? An exclusive, government-sponsored club A type of trap used to catch mice and rats A subordinate ruler or official A grand palace 16 Which type of sensory imagery is prominent in the poem's opening lines? Sound imagery Taste imagery Tactile imagery Smell imagery 17 What does the plant most likely symbolize? Life under dictatorship The power of the arts God's abandonment The refuge of nature 18 Which is NOT one of the poem's themes? Death Inequality Evil and oppression Gender 19 Which of the following is an instance of hyperbole? "A finical satrap conversed" "Vendetta was born" "their festering surfeit of bones" "Lament was perpetual" 20 Which of the following serve as a synecdochic representation in the poem? A petal A plant A mouth A glove 21 What does the word "carrion" mean? Decaying dead bodies A type of bird of prey A brand of gun popular in fascist Spain A battle cry 22 Neruda uses a simile to compare which of the following to a flower petal? A military medal A flag A gunshot wound The smell of corpses 23 In which era is this poem most likely set? The late eighteenth century The early Medieval period The 1970s The mid-twentieth century 24 How does Neruda depict authoritarians? As frivolous and willfully blind As zealous and obsessive As vulnerable and frightened As sadistic and monstrous 25 What does the word "bludgeon" mean? Physical blow Blunt person Broken-down vehicle Toolbox
