1 How many questions are in this poem? One Three Two Four 2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem? Pastiche Allusion Personification Foreshadowing 3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break? Enjambment Accumulation Apostrophe Enthymeme 4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life? Throughout Middle End Beginning 5 Which plants are personified in the poem? A violet and a field A rose and some trees A geranium and some bushes A daisy and some grass 6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem? An automobile and a train A bicycle and a bus A bicycle and a bus 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? Nests Roots Birds Sky 9 What emotion does the automobile experience? Pain Joy Regret Sadness 10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem? Snow Rain Sleet 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 Third First Fourth 13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness? Third First Fourth Second 14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social? First Fourth Second Third 15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to? Ballad Sonnet Ode Koan 16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad? It is metal It is huge It is standing It is Chilean 17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify? Extraordinary Egg-shaped Elegant Everyday 18 Which question begins with an imperative? First Second Third Fourth 19 What kind of automobile is in the poem? Snoring Exalting Singing Thieving 20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”? Regrets Naked Splendor Sadder 21 What political party did Neruda belong to? Communist Republican Green Democrat 22 How did Neruda (most likely) die? Murder Heart Attack Cancer Old Age 23 What is the tone of the poem? Philosophical Silly Romantic Elegiac 24 What is the overall world view of the poem? Pragmatic Animist Atheist Despairing 25 Who translated this poem? Gabriel García Márquez Harold Bloom William O'Daly Salvador Allende