The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?

Four

One

Three

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

Allusion

Pastiche

Personification

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

Accumulation

Enthymeme

Enjambment

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

Middle

Beginning

Throughout

End
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?

A violet and a field

A geranium and some bushes

A daisy and some grass

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

A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus

An automobile and a train
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?

Blouse

Dress

Pants

Skirt
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?

Nests

Roots

Birds

Sky
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?

Joy

Pain

Regret

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

Rain

Sleet

Snow

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

First

Fourth

Third

Second
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?

Second

Fourth

Third

First
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?

Third

Second

Fourth

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

Third

Second

First

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

Sonnet

Koan

Ballad

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

It is standing

It is huge

It is metal

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

Egg-shaped

Everyday

Extraordinary

Elegant
18 Which question begins with an imperative?

Third

Second

First

Fourth
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?

Exalting

Singing

Thieving

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

Naked

Splendor

Regrets

Sadder
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?

Communist

Republican

Democrat

Green
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?

Murder

Old Age

Cancer

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Philosophical

Romantic

Silly

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

Animist

Atheist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?

Gabriel García Márquez

Salvador Allende

William O'Daly

Harold Bloom

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