Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

His enemy

Himself

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

Hyperbole

Enjambment

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

Parody

Palinode

Pastiche
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Interjections

Participles

Gerunds

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

Synecdoche

Irony

Metonymy
6 Which challenge do the speaker and the suit NOT face together?
Night

Struggle

Wind

Dirt
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
deep silence and calm

nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Usually

Possibly

Probably

Maybe
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?
Never

Apart

Soon

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

Acrostic

Rhyme

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

darkness/dream

suit/sock

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

Midnight

Morning

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

Newspaper

Radio

Television
15 The form of the poem is:
Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Fascist

Royalist

Communist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Venezuela

Argentina

Chile

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

Heart Attack

Old Age

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

Anapest

Anachronism

Anaphora
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Walk

Conduct business

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 wife

His soul

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

Mud

Tears

Blood
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
He is naked

It is dead

They are one being

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

Chair

Bureau

Closet

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