Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?

Plastic

Wicker

Wood

Oil Cans
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?

Eight

Four

Six

Ten
3 When was this poem published?

1982

1914

1965

2007
4 What is a doily?

A snack popular in midcentury America

A lacy ornament

An oil can

A popular saying
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

Animals

Siblings
7 Which of the following is a major theme?

Adventure

Religion

Friendship

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?

Made of woven twigs

Made of embroidered fabric

Made of repurposed industrial materials

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

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

North and South

Geography III

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

A cat

A spider

A snake

A dog
11 Who is the speaker?

A mother

The speaker is not identified

A university student

A teenage boy
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"

"certain color"

"dirty dog"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?

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

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
14 Who runs the filling station?

A very old man

A family with several sons

A group of young women

Twin brothers
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?

Overdone

Beautiful

Flippant

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?

Massachusetts

Canada

The location is never stated

Scotland
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?

Femininity

Love

The arts

Poverty
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 roadside restaurant

A general store

A gas station

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

Rushed; Contented

Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?

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

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
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"

"high-strung"

"mercurial"

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

Personification

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Simile

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