The Book of Questions, III Quizzes

The Book of Questions, III Quiz

1 How many questions are in this poem?
Three

Two

One

Four
2 What is the main literary technique used in this poem?
Allusion

Foreshadowing

Personification

Pastiche
3 What is the name for continuing a sentence beyond a line break?
Enthymeme

Apostrophe

Enjambment

Accumulation
4 Neruda wrote “The Book of Questions” in which part of his life?
End

Beginning

Throughout

Middle
5 Which plants are personified in the poem?
A daisy and some grass

A geranium and some bushes

A violet and a field

A rose and some trees
6 Which two modes of transportation are personified in the poem?
An automobile and a train

A bicycle and a bus

A cart and a plane

A bicycle and a bus
7 What might the rose in the poem be wearing?
Blouse

Skirt

Pants

Dress
8 What are trees in the poem concealing?
Birds

Roots

Nests

Sky
9 What emotion does the automobile experience?
Sadness

Pain

Regret

Joy
10 What weather is the train experiencing in the poem?
Sun

Rain

Sleet

Snow
11 Which of the four stanzas is concerned with aesthetics and metaphysics?
First

Third

Fourth

Second
12 Which stanza is concerned with ethics?
Second

Fourth

First

Third
13 Which stanza considers the pathos of uselessness?
First

Second

Fourth

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

Second

First

Third
15 What poetic form have these questions have been compared to?
Sonnet

Koan

Ballad

Ode
16 What makes the fact that the train is in the rain particularly sad?
It is standing

It is metal

It is Chilean

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

Extraordinary

Egg-shaped

Everyday
18 Which question begins with an imperative?
First

Second

Fourth

Third
19 What kind of automobile is in the poem?
Singing

Exalting

Snoring

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

Regrets

Naked

Splendor
21 What political party did Neruda belong to?
Republican

Green

Democrat

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

Cancer

Murder

Heart Attack
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Romantic

Elegiac

Silly

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

Atheist

Despairing

Pragmatic
25 Who translated this poem?
Harold Bloom

William O'Daly

Salvador Allende

Gabriel García Márquez

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