Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

Himself

His suit

His enemy

His wife
2 What technique does the poem use to make the reading flow?

Allusion

Hyperbole

Enjambment

Rhyming
3 The verb “waiting” in the poem is an example of

Palinode

Pastiche

Parody

Personification
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?

Infinitives

Participles

Interjections

Gerunds
5 What figure of speech is “you flap and hum/as if you were my soul”?

Metonymy

Irony

Simile

Synecdoche
6 Which challenge do the speaker and the suit NOT face together?

Night

Dirt

Wind

Struggle
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present

nevertheless; all the same

deep silence and calm
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?

Maybe

Probably

Possibly

Usually
9 Which adjective does NOT describe the speaker’s relationship with the suit?

Distant

Intimate

Secure

Routined
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?

Together

Apart

Soon

Never
11 The repetition of “simple,” “sick” and “suit” is an example of

Acrostic

Sibilance

Pastiche

Rhyme
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?

darkness/dream

people/phantoms

walk/work

suit/sock
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?

Midnight

Afternoon

Morning

Evening
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Radio

Newspaper

Chapbook

Television
15 The form of the poem is:

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet

Soliloquy

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Communist

Royalist

Republican

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Brazil

Argentina

Venezuela

Chile
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Heart Attack

Murder

Cancer

Old Age
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called

Allegory

Anapest

Anachronism

Anaphora
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Get a job

Conduct business

Walk

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Indifference

Respect

Joy

Trepidation
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His soul

His skin

His bones

His wife
23 What does the speaker imagine his suit getting stained by?

Sweat

Blood

Mud

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

He is naked

He changes his clothes

It is dead

They are one being
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?

Dresser

Bureau

Closet

Chair

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