Ode to My Suit Quizzes

Ode to My Suit Quiz

1 Who is the speaker of the poem addressing?
His suit

His enemy

His wife

Himself
2 What technique does the poem use to make the reading flow?
Allusion

Enjambment

Hyperbole

Rhyming
3 The verb “waiting” in the poem is an example of
Palinode

Parody

Personification

Pastiche
4 The repetition of what adds cadence to the poem?
Participles

Gerunds

Interjections

Infinitives
5 What figure of speech is “you flap and hum/as if you were my soul”?
Synecdoche

Simile

Irony

Metonymy
6 Which challenge do the speaker and the suit NOT face together?
Night

Struggle

Wind

Dirt
7 What does the word “Still” mean in this poem?
nevertheless; all the same

not moving or making a sound

happening before now and continuing into the present

deep silence and calm
8 Which qualifier does the poem repeat at the end?
Usually

Probably

Maybe

Possibly
9 Which adjective does NOT describe the speaker’s relationship with the suit?
Secure

Distant

Intimate

Routined
10 How does the speaker assume he and his suit will die?
Together

Soon

Never

Apart
11 The repetition of “simple,” “sick” and “suit” is an example of
Sibilance

Pastiche

Acrostic

Rhyme
12 Which is NOT an example of alliteration in the poem?
walk/work

people/phantoms

darkness/dream

suit/sock
13 What time of day is described twice in the poem?
Afternoon

Evening

Midnight

Morning
14 Where did Neruda’s first Odes appear?
Newspaper

Chapbook

Television

Radio
15 The form of the poem is:
Sonnet

Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

Free verse
16 What was Neruda’s political party?
Communist

Royalist

Republican

Fascist
17 What was Neruda’s native country?
Chile

Argentina

Brazil

Venezuela
18 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Murder

Cancer

Old Age

Heart Attack
19 The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a line is called
Allegory

Anachronism

Anaphora

Anapest
20 Wearing his suit allows the speaker to
Walk

Conduct business

Get a job

Dance
21 The speaker greets his suit with
Respect

Trepidation

Indifference

Joy
22 The speaker compares his suit to
His soul

His wife

His skin

His bones
23 What does the speaker imagine his suit getting stained by?
Blood

Tears

Sweat

Mud
24 The speaker forgets the suit because
It is dead

He changes his clothes

He is naked

They are one being
25 Where does the suit wait overnight for the speaker?
Bureau

Dresser

Chair

Closet

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