Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Wood

Plastic

Oil Cans

Wicker
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Four

Ten

Six

Eight
3 When was this poem published?
1982

1914

2007

1965
4 What is a doily?
A lacy ornament

An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A popular saying
5 Which of the following is extensively used in this work?
Onomatopoeia

Semicolons

Metonymy

Parentheses
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?
Animals

Flowers

Siblings

Road signs
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Adventure

Friendship

Religion

Family
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Makeshift and precarious

Made of embroidered fabric
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
Geography III

North and South

Questions of Travel

The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A cat

A dog

A snake

A spider
11 Who is the speaker?
A mother

A university student

A teenage boy

The speaker is not identified
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"certain color"

"dirty dog"

"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end

It has a positive association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end

Oil is not a motif in this poem

It has a negative association at the start of the work, but a positive one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
A group of young women

A family with several sons

A very old man

Twin brothers
15 What does "saucy" most closely mean?
Overdone

Beautiful

Flippant

Funny
16 Where is the filling station?
The location is never stated

Scotland

Canada

Massachusetts
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
Femininity

The arts

Poverty

Love
18 What does a "monkey suit" refer to in this context?
A uniform

A child's school uniform

A cheap rented business suit

A monkey costume
19 What is a filling station?
A dive bar

A roadside restaurant

A general store

A gas station
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Angry; Resigned

Disgusted; Curious

Excited; Humbled

Rushed; Contented
21 What is the poem's primary conflict?
The speaker's moment of tension with the filling station owner

The fistfight between the car owner and the filling station employee

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station

The filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Dirty and greasy

Chaotic and joyful

Comfortable and soothing

Desolate and frightening
23 Which is an example of personification?
"cement porch"

"somebody loves us"

"hirsute begonia"

"a daisy stitch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"comatose"

"mercurial"

"high-strung"

"cautious"
25 The poem's final line is an instance of what?
Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

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