Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

Himself

His suit

His enemy
2 What technique does the poem use to make the reading flow?
Rhyming

Allusion

Hyperbole

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

Palinode

Pastiche

Personification
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Participles

Gerunds

Infinitives

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

Irony

Simile

Metonymy
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?
happening before now and continuing into the present

nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound

deep silence and calm
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?
Routined

Secure

Distant

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

Never

Together

Soon
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

suit/sock

darkness/dream

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

Evening

Afternoon

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

Television

Newspaper

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Free verse

Soliloquy

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Fascist

Republican

Communist

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Brazil

Chile

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

Heart Attack

Murder

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
Get a job

Walk

Dance

Conduct business
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Joy

Trepidation

Respect

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His bones

His wife

His skin

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

Mud

Tears

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

He changes his clothes

He is naked

It is dead
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Closet

Dresser

Bureau

Chair

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