The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Four

Three

Two

One
2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem?
Personification

Allusion

Foreshadowing

Pastiche
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?
Beginning

End

Middle

Throughout
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A rose and some trees

A daisy and some grass

A geranium and some bushes

A violet and a field
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus

An automobile and a train
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Dress

Skirt

Pants

Blouse
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Roots

Nests

Sky

Birds
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Joy

Regret

Pain

Sadness
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?
Rain

Sleet

Snow

Sun
11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics?
Fourth

Third

First

Second
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
First

Fourth

Third

Second
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
Third

Fourth

Second

First
14 Which stanza uses a rich metaphor that can be interpreted as political, spiritual, or social?
Fourth

Third

First

Second
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Ballad

Koan

Ode

Sonnet
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?
It is metal

It is Chilean

It is standing

It is huge
17 What kinds of objects does this poem personify?
Everyday

Elegant

Egg-shaped

Extraordinary
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
First

Second

Third

Fourth
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Snoring

Singing

Exalting

Thieving
20 Which word in the poem comes from a Latin word for “shine”?
Sadder

Naked

Splendor

Regrets
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Communist

Republican

Democrat

Green
22 How did Neruda (most likely) die?
Old Age

Heart Attack

Cancer

Murder
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Philosophical

Elegiac

Silly

Romantic
24 What is the overall world view of the poem?
Animist

Pragmatic

Atheist

Despairing
25 Who translated this poem?
Salvador Allende

Gabriel García Márquez

Harold Bloom

William O'Daly

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