Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

Himself

His enemy

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

Allusion

Enjambment

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

Pastiche

Personification

Parody
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Interjections

Gerunds

Infinitives

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

Synecdoche

Metonymy

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

Struggle

Night

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

deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Possibly

Probably

Maybe

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

Distant

Intimate

Routined
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?
Never

Soon

Together

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

Pastiche

Sibilance

Acrostic
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
walk/work

darkness/dream

suit/sock

people/phantoms
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Midnight

Morning

Evening

Afternoon
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Newspaper

Television

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Soliloquy

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Communist

Royalist

Fascist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Brazil

Argentina

Venezuela

Chile
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Old Age

Heart Attack

Cancer

Murder
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called
Anapest

Anaphora

Allegory

Anachronism
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Conduct business

Dance

Walk

Get a job
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Trepidation

Joy

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His bones

His soul

His wife

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

Mud

Blood

Sweat
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?
Chair

Bureau

Closet

Dresser

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