Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
His enemy

His suit

Himself

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

Hyperbole

Rhyming

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

Pastiche

Palinode

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

Gerunds

Participles

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

Irony

Simile

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

Night

Dirt

Wind
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present

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

Maybe

Possibly

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

Secure

Intimate

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

Soon

Never

Apart
11 The repetition of “simple,” “sick” and “suit” is an example of
Sibilance

Acrostic

Pastiche

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

darkness/dream

suit/sock

walk/work
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Midnight
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Radio

Newspaper

Television

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Soliloquy

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Royalist

Communist

Republican

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Brazil

Argentina

Chile

Venezuela
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Heart Attack

Cancer

Murder

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

Anapest

Anachronism

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Conduct business

Walk

Get a job

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Joy

Trepidation

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His soul

His bones

His skin

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

Blood

Tears

Mud
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
They are one being

He changes his clothes

He is naked

It is dead
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Dresser

Chair

Bureau

Closet

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