1 How many questions are in this poem? Two Four One Three 2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem? Pastiche Foreshadowing Personification Allusion 3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break? Enjambment Apostrophe Enthymeme Accumulation 4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life? Throughout Beginning Middle End 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? A cart and a plane A bicycle and a bus An automobile and a train 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? Sky Roots Birds Nests 9 What emotion does the automobile experience? Sadness Joy Pain Regret 10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem? Snow Sleet Rain Sun 11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics? First Third Fourth Second 12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics? Fourth Second First Third 13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness? First Fourth Second Third 14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social? Third Second First Fourth 15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to? Koan Sonnet Ballad Ode 16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad? It is metal It is Chilean It is huge It is standing 17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify? Everyday Elegant Egg-shaped Extraordinary 18 Which question begins with an imperative? Second Third Fourth 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”? Splendor Regrets Sadder Naked 21 What political party did Neruda belong to? Republican Green Democrat Communist 22 How did Neruda (most likely) die? Old Age Murder Heart Attack Cancer 23 What is the tone of the poem? Romantic Silly Philosophical Elegiac 24 What is the overall world view of the poem? Despairing Atheist Pragmatic Animist 25 Who translated this poem? Harold Bloom Gabriel García Márquez William O'Daly Salvador Allende