Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

His suit

Himself

His enemy

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

Allusion

Rhyming

Hyperbole

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

Personification

Pastiche

Parody

Palinode
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?

Participles

Gerunds

Interjections

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

Simile

Synecdoche

Metonymy

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

Dirt

Wind

Struggle

Night
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?

Usually

Probably

Maybe

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

Distant

Secure

Intimate

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

Soon

Apart

Together

Never
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?

people/phantoms

darkness/dream

walk/work

suit/sock
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?

Midnight

Evening

Morning

Afternoon
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Television

Radio

Newspaper

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:

Soliloquy

Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Royalist

Communist

Fascist

Republican
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Venezuela

Argentina

Brazil

Chile
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Cancer

Murder

Old Age

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

Anapest

Anaphora

Allegory

Anachronism
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Walk

Get a job

Conduct business

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Trepidation

Joy

Indifference

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His soul

His skin

His wife

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

Mud

Sweat

Blood

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

He changes his clothes

They are one being

It is dead

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

Bureau

Chair

Dresser

Closet

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