Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
Himself

His enemy

His suit

His wife
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?
Participles

Interjections

Gerunds

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

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Simile
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?
not moving or making a sound

deep silence and calm

happening before now and continuing into the present

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

Possibly

Maybe

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

Distant

Secure

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

Never

Apart

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

Rhyme

Pastiche

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

suit/sock

people/phantoms

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

Evening

Afternoon

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

Television

Radio

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Sonnet

Soliloquy

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Communist

Fascist

Republican

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Argentina

Brazil

Venezuela

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

Old Age

Heart Attack

Cancer
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
Conduct business

Walk

Dance

Get a job
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Respect

Joy

Indifference

Trepidation
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His skin

His bones

His wife

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

Tears

Mud

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

He is naked

It is dead

He changes his clothes
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Dresser

Chair

Closet

Bureau

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