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?
Hyperbole

Enjambment

Rhyming

Allusion
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

Gerunds

Interjections
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?
deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present

nevertheless; all the same
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Maybe

Usually

Possibly

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

Intimate

Routined

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

Apart

Together

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

Sibilance

Pastiche

Acrostic
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
suit/sock

darkness/dream

people/phantoms

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

Afternoon

Midnight

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

Television

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Free verse

Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Fascist

Communist

Royalist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Argentina

Brazil

Venezuela
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Murder

Old Age

Cancer

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

Anachronism

Anaphora

Allegory
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Dance

Walk

Get a job

Conduct business
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Joy

Respect

Trepidation
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His bones

His wife

His soul

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

Mud

Sweat

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
It is dead

They are one being

He changes his clothes

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

Bureau

Dresser

Closet

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