Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Wood

Oil Cans

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Six

Ten

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1914

1982

1965

2007
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

An oil can

A popular saying

A snack popular in midcentury America
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?
Flowers

Siblings

Road signs

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

Adventure

Religion

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

Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of embroidered fabric
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
Geography III

North and South

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A snake

A dog

A spider

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?
"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"certain color"

"careful with that match"

"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

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 family with several sons

A very old man

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

Overdone

Funny

Beautiful
16 Where is the filling station?
Canada

The location is never stated

Massachusetts

Scotland
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Femininity

Poverty

The arts

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 roadside restaurant

A general store

A dive bar
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

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?
Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful

Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing
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"

"high-strung"

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

Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor

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