Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

Himself

His wife

His enemy

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

Hyperbole

Allusion

Enjambment

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

Palinode

Pastiche

Personification

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

Interjections

Infinitives

Gerunds

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

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Simile

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

Dirt

Night

Wind

Struggle
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?

nevertheless; all the same

deep silence and calm

happening before now and continuing into the present

not moving or making a sound
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?

Routined

Secure

Intimate

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

Never

Soon

Together

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

Rhyme

Sibilance

Acrostic

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

suit/sock

darkness/dream

walk/work

people/phantoms
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?

Midnight

Evening

Afternoon

Morning
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Newspaper

Chapbook

Television

Radio
15 The form of the poem is:

Sonnet

Free verse

Soliloquy

Iambic Pentameter
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Communist

Royalist

Republican

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Venezuela

Argentina

Chile

Brazil
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Cancer

Old Age

Murder

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

Anapest

Allegory

Anaphora

Anachronism
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to

Conduct business

Get a job

Dance

Walk
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Joy

Respect

Trepidation

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His bones

His skin

His soul

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

Blood

Sweat

Mud

Tears
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

He is naked

It is dead

He changes his clothes

They are one being
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?

Chair

Dresser

Closet

Bureau

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