Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Oil Cans

Plastic

Wood
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Ten

Six

Four

Eight
3 When was this poem published?
1982

2007

1914

1965
4 What is a doily?
A popular saying

An oil can

A lacy ornament

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

Semicolons

Parentheses

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

Siblings

Animals

Road signs
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Friendship

Religion

Family

Adventure
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Makeshift and precarious

Made of embroidered fabric
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 snake

A cat

A spider

A dog
11 Who is the speaker?
A university student

A mother

A teenage boy

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

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"dirty dog"

"careful with that match"
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?
A group of young women

Twin brothers

A very old man

A family with several sons
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Overdone

Funny

Flippant

Beautiful
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

Love

Poverty
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A uniform

A cheap rented business suit

A monkey costume

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

A dive bar

A gas station

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

Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

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

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
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful

Desolate and frightening
23 Which is an example of personification?
"a daisy stitch"

"cement porch"

"hirsute begonia"

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

"cautious"

"mercurial"

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

Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

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