Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?

Himself

His wife

His suit

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

Enjambment

Hyperbole

Rhyming

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

Parody

Personification

Palinode

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

Infinitives

Gerunds

Participles

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

Irony

Simile

Synecdoche

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

Wind

Night

Dirt

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

happening before now and continuing into the present

nevertheless; all the same

deep silence and calm

not moving or making a sound
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?

Probably

Maybe

Usually

Possibly
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?

Together

Apart

Never

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

Rhyme

Pastiche

Sibilance

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

people/phantoms

walk/work

darkness/dream

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

Morning

Midnight

Evening

Afternoon
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?

Television

Radio

Newspaper

Chapbook
15 The form of the poem is:

Free verse

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Sonnet
16 What was Neruda’s political party?

Fascist

Communist

Republican

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?

Brazil

Chile

Venezuela

Argentina
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Old Age

Murder

Cancer

Heart Attack
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

Get a job

Conduct business

Walk

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with

Joy

Trepidation

Respect

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to

His wife

His bones

His soul

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

Tears

Sweat

Mud

Blood
24 The speaker forgets the suit because

He is naked

They are one being

It is dead

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

Chair

Bureau

Closet

Dresser

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