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