Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Oil Cans

Wood

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Eight

Six

Ten

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1965

2007

1982

1914
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

A popular saying

A snack popular in midcentury America

An oil can
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Metonymy

Parentheses

Semicolons

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?
Friendship

Adventure

Religion

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

Made of woven twigs

Made of embroidered fabric

Makeshift and precarious
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
North and South

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel

Geography III
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A spider

A snake

A cat

A dog
11 Who is the speaker?
A teenage boy

A university student

A mother

The speaker is not identified
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"dirty dog"

"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

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

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

Oil is not a motif in this poem

It has a negative association at the start of the work, but a positive one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
Twin brothers

A family with several sons

A group of young women

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

Beautiful

Flippant

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

Scotland

Canada

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Love

Poverty

Femininity

The arts
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A monkey costume

A cheap rented business suit

A uniform

A child's school uniform
19 What is a filling station?
A gas station

A dive bar

A roadside restaurant

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

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented

Angry; Resigned
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Comfortable and soothing

Chaotic and joyful

Desolate and frightening

Dirty and greasy
23 Which is an example of personification?
"hirsute begonia"

"somebody loves us"

"cement porch"

"a daisy stitch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"comatose"

"mercurial"

"high-strung"

"cautious"
25 The poem's final line is an instance of what?
Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

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