The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Two

Three

One

Four
2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem?
Pastiche

Personification

Allusion

Foreshadowing
3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break?
Enthymeme

Accumulation

Enjambment

Apostrophe
4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life?
End

Throughout

Middle

Beginning
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A violet and a field

A daisy and some grass

A geranium and some bushes

A rose and some trees
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
An automobile and a train

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus

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

Blouse

Skirt

Pants
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Nests

Roots

Birds

Sky
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Pain

Sadness

Regret

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

Rain

Snow

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

Third

Second

First
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Fourth

Third

First

Second
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Second

Third

Fourth

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

First

Second

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

Sonnet

Ode

Ballad
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?
It is huge

It is metal

It is Chilean

It is standing
17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify?
Elegant

Everyday

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Fourth

First

Second

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

Thieving

Exalting

Snoring
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?
Democrat

Republican

Communist

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

Heart Attack

Old Age

Cancer
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Philosophical

Silly

Elegiac

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

Atheist

Despairing

Animist
25 Who translated this poem?
Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

Gabriel García Márquez

William O'Daly

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