Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Oil Cans

Wood

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Ten

Six

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1982

2007

1965

1914
4 What is a doily?
A snack popular in midcentury America

A popular saying

A lacy ornament

An oil can
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Semicolons

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

Siblings

Flowers

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

Friendship

Family

Religion
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of repurposed industrial materials

Made of woven twigs

Made of embroidered fabric

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

Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Geography III
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A cat

A snake

A spider

A dog
11 Who is the speaker?
The speaker is not identified

A university student

A teenage boy

A mother
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"dirty dog"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"

"certain color"
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

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

It has a positive 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?
Beautiful

Overdone

Flippant

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?
Scotland

Massachusetts

Canada

The location is never stated
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 child's school uniform

A monkey costume

A uniform
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?
Rushed; Contented

Disgusted; Curious

Angry; Resigned

Excited; Humbled
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

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
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Desolate and frightening

Chaotic and joyful

Dirty and greasy

Comfortable and soothing
23 Which is an example of personification?
"a daisy stitch"

"hirsute begonia"

"somebody loves us"

"cement porch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"comatose"

"cautious"

"mercurial"

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

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

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