Filling Station Quizzes

Filling Station Quiz

1 What is the station's furniture made of?
Oil Cans

Wicker

Wood

Plastic
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
Ten

Six

Eight

Four
3 When was this poem published?
1914

1965

2007

1982
4 What is a doily?
An oil can

A snack popular in midcentury America

A lacy ornament

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

Metonymy

Semicolons

Onomatopoeia
6 Which of the following is a prominent motif in this poem?
Flowers

Road signs

Siblings

Animals
7 Which of the following is a major theme?
Religion

Adventure

Family

Friendship
8 What does "wickerwork" mean?
Made of embroidered fabric

Made of woven twigs

Made of repurposed industrial materials

Makeshift and precarious
9 In which collection was this poem first published?
The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel

Geography III

North and South
10 What kind of animal lives at the station?
A cat

A dog

A spider

A snake
11 Who is the speaker?
The speaker is not identified

A teenage boy

A university student

A mother
12 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"Embroidered in a daisy stitch"

"careful with that match"

"certain color"

"dirty dog"
13 How does the motif of oil shift throughout the poem?
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

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

It has a neutral association at the start of the work, but a negative one by the end
14 Who runs the filling station?
A very old man

A group of young women

A family with several sons

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

Funny

Overdone

Flippant
16 Where is the filling station?
Canada

Massachusetts

Scotland

The location is never stated
17 What does the doily most clearly symbolize?
The arts

Poverty

Femininity

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

A uniform

A child's school uniform

A cheap rented business suit
19 What is a filling station?
A dive bar

A gas station

A roadside restaurant

A general store
20 Which best describes the speaker at the start end end of the poem?
Disgusted; Curious

Rushed; Contented

Angry; Resigned

Excited; Humbled
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 filling station owner's refusal to help the speaker

The speaker's internal emotional shifts regarding the filling station
22 How does the speaker initially characterize her setting?
Desolate and frightening

Comfortable and soothing

Chaotic and joyful

Dirty and greasy
23 Which is an example of personification?
"somebody loves us"

"a daisy stitch"

"hirsute begonia"

"cement porch"
24 How does Bishop characterize passing cars?
"comatose"

"cautious"

"high-strung"

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

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

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