The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
One

Two

Four

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

Pastiche

Foreshadowing

Personification
3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break?
Accumulation

Apostrophe

Enjambment

Enthymeme
4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life?
Throughout

End

Beginning

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

A daisy and some grass

A violet and a field

A geranium and some bushes
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

Skirt

Pants

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Roots

Sky

Nests

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Regret

Joy

Pain

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

Rain

Sleet

Snow
11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics?
Second

First

Third

Fourth
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
First

Second

Third

Fourth
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Fourth

First

Second

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

Fourth

Second

Third
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Sonnet

Ballad

Ode

Koan
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?
It is metal

It is huge

It is standing

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

Egg-shaped

Everyday

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
Second

Fourth

First

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

Thieving

Exalting

Singing
20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”?
Regrets

Naked

Sadder

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Communist

Republican

Green

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

Old Age

Murder

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Silly

Philosophical

Romantic

Elegiac
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?
Animist

Atheist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?
Gabriel García Márquez

William O'Daly

Harold Bloom

Salvador Allende

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