Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
Himself

His suit

His enemy

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

Hyperbole

Enjambment

Rhyming
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?
Infinitives

Participles

Gerunds

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

Irony

Synecdoche

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

Night

Struggle

Wind
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present

nevertheless; all the same

deep silence and calm
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Possibly

Usually

Probably

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

Routined

Secure

Distant
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?
Never

Together

Soon

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

Acrostic

Rhyme

Sibilance
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
darkness/dream

people/phantoms

walk/work

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

Evening

Midnight

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

Television

Radio

Newspaper
15 The form of the poem is:
Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Sonnet

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

Fascist

Royalist

Communist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Brazil

Argentina

Venezuela
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Heart Attack

Murder

Cancer

Old Age
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
Walk

Dance

Get a job

Conduct business
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Indifference

Trepidation

Joy

Respect
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His wife

His soul

His skin

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

Blood

Tears

Mud
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
He changes his clothes

It is dead

He is naked

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

Dresser

Closet

Chair

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