1 What does the word "surfeit" mean? Complaint Large dinner party Charter or agreement Excess 2 Which best characterizes this poem? It makes heavy use of figurative language It follows an elaborate, complex formal structure It focuses on the psyche of the speaker It embraces moral ambiguity, leaving readers unsure who to root for 3 Which best describes the poem's speaker? A journalist bearing witness to the dictator's cruelty An unidentified, omniscient third-person speaker A dictator An unidentified, limited first-person speaker 4 Where are the poem's first several lines set? A coffee shop A schoolbuilding A sugarcane field A military hospital 5 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It has no rhyme scheme ABBACDDCABBACDDC AABAABABA ABCBAADCD 6 What is the dictator's palace compared to? A diamond ring A teapot A dog's mouth A watch face 7 Who is the translator of the version discussed in this guide? Ben Belitt Mark Eisner W.S. Merwin Pablo Neruda 8 Neruda compares the palace-dwellers to "wineglasses, _____, and piping." Chocolates Gemstones Collars Drumbeats 9 What is the poem's meter? It is free verse Iambic pentameter Anapestic hexameter Trochaic trimeter 10 What does the word "finical" mean? Shiny Multifaceted Erudite Picky 11 Which of the following does the poem sharply critique? Adult cruelty to children Industrialization Religious extremism Fascism and authoritarianism 12 How many lines are in this poem? 15 10 17 14 13 Which of the following phrases does NOT contain alliteration? "the blinded, big leaves" "The snout filled with silence and slime" "carrion, blood, and a nausea" "the plant and its pollen" 14 Which of the following are juxtaposed? The snout and the bones The plant and the pollen Laughter and death The dictator and his allies 15 What does the word "satrap" mean? A subordinate ruler or official A type of trap used to catch mice and rats A grand palace An exclusive, government-sponsored club 16 Which type of sensory imagery is prominent in the poem's opening lines? Tactile imagery Sound imagery Smell imagery Taste imagery 17 What does the plant most likely symbolize? Life under dictatorship The refuge of nature The power of the arts God's abandonment 18 Which is NOT one of the poem's themes? Gender Death Inequality Evil and oppression 19 Which of the following is an instance of hyperbole? "Vendetta was born" "A finical satrap conversed" "Lament was perpetual" "their festering surfeit of bones" 20 Which of the following serve as a synecdochic representation in the poem? A plant A petal A glove A mouth 21 What does the word "carrion" mean? A brand of gun popular in fascist Spain A type of bird of prey Decaying dead bodies A battle cry 22 Neruda uses a simile to compare which of the following to a flower petal? A gunshot wound A flag A military medal The smell of corpses 23 In which era is this poem most likely set? The 1970s The early Medieval period The late eighteenth century The mid-twentieth century 24 How does Neruda depict authoritarians? As zealous and obsessive As sadistic and monstrous As frivolous and willfully blind As vulnerable and frightened 25 What does the word "bludgeon" mean? Blunt person Physical blow Broken-down vehicle Toolbox