Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

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

Oil Cans

Wicker

Wood
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Eight

Ten

Six

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1982

2007

1965

1914
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

A popular saying

A snack popular in midcentury America

An oil can
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?
Flowers

Siblings

Animals

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

Makeshift and precarious

Made of embroidered fabric
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

North and South

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

A spider

A snake

A cat
11 Who is the speaker?
A mother

A teenage boy

The speaker is not identified

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

"careful with that match"

"certain color"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
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

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

A group of young women

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?
Massachusetts

Scotland

Canada

The location is never stated
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Love

Poverty

Femininity

The arts
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A child's school uniform

A uniform

A monkey costume

A cheap rented business suit
19 What is a filling station?
A general store

A roadside restaurant

A gas station

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

Excited; Humbled

Disgusted; Curious

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

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing

Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful
23 Which is an example of personification?
"a daisy stitch"

"somebody loves us"

"hirsute begonia"

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

"high-strung"

"mercurial"

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

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

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