Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

His suit

His enemy

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

Rhyming

Allusion

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

Pastiche

Palinode

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

Participles

Interjections

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

Irony

Metonymy

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

Night

Struggle

Dirt
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?
Maybe

Possibly

Probably

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

Routined

Secure

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

Soon

Apart

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

Pastiche

Rhyme

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

walk/work

suit/sock

darkness/dream
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Midnight

Afternoon

Morning

Evening
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Chapbook

Television

Newspaper

Radio
15 The form of the poem is:
Free verse

Soliloquy

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Royalist

Fascist

Communist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Argentina

Brazil

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

Murder

Old Age

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

Anachronism

Anapest

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Conduct business

Dance

Get a job

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Trepidation

Respect

Indifference

Joy
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
It is dead

He is naked

He changes his clothes

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

Closet

Bureau

Chair

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