Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Oil Cans

Wicker

Plastic

Wood
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Four

Six

Eight

Ten
3 When was this poem published?

1965

2007

1982

1914
4 What is a doily?

A popular saying

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A lacy ornament
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?

Semicolons

Parentheses

Metonymy

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

Road signs

Flowers

Siblings

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Religion

Friendship

Family

Adventure
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric

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

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel

Geography III

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

A spider

A snake

A dog

A cat
11 Who is the speaker?

A mother

A teenage boy

A university student

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

"careful with that match"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"dirty dog"

"certain color"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?

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

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 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

Twin brothers

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?

Massachusetts

The location is never stated

Scotland

Canada
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

Femininity

The arts

Poverty

Love
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?

A cheap rented business suit

A monkey costume

A child's school uniform

A uniform
19 What is a filling station?

A gas station

A dive bar

A general store

A roadside restaurant
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?

Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?

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

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?

Desolate and frightening

Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful

Comfortable and soothing
23 Which is an example of personification?

"a daisy stitch"

"cement porch"

"hirsute begonia"

"somebody loves us"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?

"cautious"

"high-strung"

"comatose"

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

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

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