The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Two

Four

One

Three
2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem?
Foreshadowing

Personification

Allusion

Pastiche
3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break?
Apostrophe

Enthymeme

Enjambment

Accumulation
4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life?
Beginning

End

Throughout

Middle
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A rose and some trees

A violet and a field

A daisy and some grass

A geranium and some bushes
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

An automobile and a train

A bicycle and a bus
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Dress

Skirt

Blouse

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Sky

Roots

Nests

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Pain

Sadness

Joy

Regret
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?
Sun

Snow

Rain

Sleet
11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics?
Third

Second

First

Fourth
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
First

Third

Fourth

Second
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Second

Fourth

Third

First
14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social?
Fourth

Second

Third

First
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Koan

Sonnet

Ballad

Ode
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?
It is Chilean

It is metal

It is standing

It is huge
17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify?
Extraordinary

Elegant

Everyday

Egg-shaped
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Fourth

First

Second

Third
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Snoring

Exalting

Singing

Thieving
20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”?
Naked

Splendor

Sadder

Regrets
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Republican

Communist

Democrat

Green
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Cancer

Heart Attack

Murder

Old Age
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Silly

Elegiac

Philosophical
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?
Pragmatic

Despairing

Atheist

Animist
25 Who translated this poem?
Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Harold Bloom

Gabriel García Márquez

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