Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His enemy

His wife

His suit

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

Enjambment

Allusion

Rhyming

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

Parody

Palinode

Personification

Pastiche
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

Simile

Irony

Synecdoche
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

happening before now and continuing into the present

deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?

Probably

Usually

Maybe

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

Intimate

Distant

Secure

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

Apart

Together

Never

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

Rhyme

Acrostic

Pastiche

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

suit/sock

darkness/dream

walk/work

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

Afternoon

Midnight

Morning

Evening
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Television

Radio

Chapbook

Newspaper
15 The form of the poem is:

Iambic Pentameter

Sonnet

Soliloquy

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Republican

Communist

Royalist

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Chile

Argentina

Brazil

Venezuela
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

Anaphora

Anachronism

Anapest

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Walk

Get a job

Conduct business

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Indifference

Joy

Respect

Trepidation
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His skin

His soul

His bones

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

Tears

Sweat

Blood

Mud
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

They are one being

It is dead

He changes his clothes

He is naked
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?

Chair

Closet

Bureau

Dresser

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