1 How many questions are in this poem? Three One Two Four 2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem? Personification Foreshadowing Pastiche Allusion 3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break? Accumulation Enjambment Apostrophe Enthymeme 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 bicycle and a bus An automobile and a train A cart and a plane 7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing? Pants Skirt Blouse Dress 8 What are trees in the poem concealing? Sky Roots Nests Birds 9 What emotion does the automobile experience? Sadness Joy Regret Pain 10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem? Rain Sleet Sun Snow 11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics? Third Second Fourth First 12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics? Third Second First Fourth 13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness? Fourth Third First Second 14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social? Second Fourth Third First 15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to? Ode Ballad Sonnet Koan 16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad? It is standing It is Chilean It is huge It is metal 17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify? Elegant Extraordinary Egg-shaped Everyday 18 Which question begins with an imperative? Fourth Second Third First 19 What kind of automobile is in the poem? Thieving Singing Snoring Exalting 20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”? Regrets Splendor Naked Sadder 21 What political party did Neruda belong to? Democrat Communist Republican Green 22 How did Neruda (most likely) die? Murder Heart Attack Cancer Old Age 23 What is the tone of the poem? Elegiac Philosophical Romantic Silly 24 What is the overall world view of the poem? Despairing Animist Pragmatic Atheist 25 Who translated this poem? Harold Bloom Salvador Allende William O'Daly Gabriel García Márquez