Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Plastic

Oil Cans

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Ten

Six

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1914

1982

2007

1965
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

A popular saying

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Onomatopoeia

Semicolons

Metonymy

Parentheses
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?
Road signs

Animals

Flowers

Siblings
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Adventure

Religion

Family

Friendship
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Makeshift and precarious

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of woven twigs

Made of embroidered fabric
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Geography III

Questions of Travel

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

A snake

A spider

A dog
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?
"dirty dog"

"certain color"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"
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

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

A very old man

A family with several sons

A group of young women
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Funny

Beautiful

Flippant

Overdone
16 Where is the filling station?
Scotland

The location is never stated

Canada

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
The arts

Femininity

Poverty

Love
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A cheap rented business suit

A uniform

A child's school uniform

A monkey costume
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?
Angry; Resigned

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented

Disgusted; Curious
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Dirty and greasy

Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing

Chaotic and joyful
23 Which is an example of personification?
"somebody loves us"

"a daisy stitch"

"cement porch"

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

"cautious"

"comatose"

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

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

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