Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

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

Himself

His wife

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

Allusion

Enjambment

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

Parody

Palinode

Personification
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Infinitives

Gerunds

Interjections

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

Synecdoche

Metonymy

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

Wind

Night

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

nevertheless; all the same

happening before now and continuing into the present

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

Possibly

Probably

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

Secure

Distant

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

Apart

Together

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

Rhyme

Sibilance

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

darkness/dream

people/phantoms

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

Afternoon

Midnight

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

Radio

Newspaper

Television
15 The form of the poem is:
Free verse

Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Republican

Fascist

Communist

Royalist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Argentina

Venezuela

Brazil
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Old Age

Heart Attack

Murder

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

Anaphora

Anapest

Anachronism
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Dance

Get a job

Walk

Conduct business
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Joy

Respect

Trepidation

Indifference
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His soul

His wife

His skin

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

He changes his clothes

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

Closet

Bureau

Dresser

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