Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Plastic

Wicker

Wood

Oil Cans
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Four

Six

Ten

Eight
3 When was this poem published?
2007

1965

1982

1914
4 What is a doily?
A snack popular in midcentury America

An oil can

A lacy ornament

A popular saying
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Parentheses

Semicolons

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?
Flowers

Road signs

Siblings

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Religion

Friendship

Adventure

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of woven twigs

Makeshift and precarious

Made of embroidered fabric
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Geography III

North and South
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A dog

A cat

A spider

A snake
11 Who is the speaker?
The speaker is not identified

A university student

A teenage boy

A mother
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"

"dirty dog"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
It has a negative association at the start of the work, but a positive one by the end

Oil is not a motif in this poem

It has a positive association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end

It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
A family with several sons

A group of young women

Twin brothers

A very old man
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Flippant

Beautiful

Overdone

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?
The location is never stated

Canada

Massachusetts

Scotland
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Poverty

Femininity

Love

The arts
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A child's school uniform

A uniform

A monkey costume

A cheap rented business suit
19 What is a filling station?
A dive bar

A roadside restaurant

A general store

A gas station
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Disgusted; Curious

Angry; Resigned

Rushed; Contented

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful
23 Which is an example of personification?
"cement porch"

"somebody loves us"

"a daisy stitch"

"hirsute begonia"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"mercurial"

"comatose"

"cautious"

"high-strung"
25 The poem's final line is an instance of what?
Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

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