1 How many questions are in this poem? Three Two 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? Enjambment Enthymeme Accumulation Apostrophe 4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life? End Beginning Middle Throughout 5 Which plants are personified in the poem? A geranium and some bushes A daisy and some grass A rose and some trees A violet and a field 6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem? An automobile and a train A bicycle and a bus A cart and a plane 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 Nests Sky Birds 9 What emotion does the automobile experience? Regret Sadness Pain Joy 10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem? Sun Snow Sleet Rain 11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics? First Third Fourth Second 12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics? Fourth Second Third First 13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness? Second First Third Fourth 14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social? First Fourth Third Second 15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to? Ode Koan Sonnet Ballad 16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad? It is standing It is Chilean It is metal It is huge 17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify? Egg-shaped Everyday Extraordinary Elegant 18 Which question begins with an imperative? Second Third First Fourth 19 What kind of automobile is in the poem? Thieving Singing Exalting Snoring 20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”? Sadder Splendor Naked Regrets 21 What political party did Neruda belong to? Democrat Green Communist Republican 22 How did Neruda (most likely) die? Murder Heart Attack Cancer Old Age 23 What is the tone of the poem? Silly Philosophical Romantic Elegiac 24 What is the overall world view of the poem? Atheist Despairing Animist Pragmatic 25 Who translated this poem? Salvador Allende Harold Bloom William O'Daly Gabriel García Márquez