1 What does the word "surfeit" mean? Complaint Large dinner party Charter or agreement Excess 2 Which best characterizes this poem? It makes heavy use of figurative language It embraces moral ambiguity, leaving readers unsure who to root for It focuses on the psyche of the speaker It follows an elaborate, complex formal structure 3 Which best describes the poem's speaker? A journalist bearing witness to the dictator's cruelty An unidentified, omniscient third-person speaker An unidentified, limited first-person speaker A dictator 4 Where are the poem's first several lines set? A coffee shop A schoolbuilding A military hospital A sugarcane field 5 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It has no rhyme scheme AABAABABA ABCBAADCD ABBACDDCABBACDDC 6 What is the dictator's palace compared to? A teapot A watch face A diamond ring A dog's mouth 7 Who is the translator of the version discussed in this guide? Mark Eisner W.S. Merwin Pablo Neruda Ben Belitt 8 Neruda compares the palace-dwellers to "wineglasses, _____, and piping." Drumbeats Chocolates Gemstones Collars 9 What is the poem's meter? Anapestic hexameter Iambic pentameter Trochaic trimeter It is free verse 10 What does the word "finical" mean? Erudite Shiny Picky Multifaceted 11 Which of the following does the poem sharply critique? Religious extremism Industrialization Fascism and authoritarianism Adult cruelty to children 12 How many lines are in this poem? 10 17 15 14 13 Which of the following phrases does NOT contain alliteration? "carrion, blood, and a nausea" "The snout filled with silence and slime" "the blinded, big leaves" "the plant and its pollen" 14 Which of the following are juxtaposed? The snout and the bones The dictator and his allies Laughter and death The plant and the pollen 15 What does the word "satrap" mean? A grand palace An exclusive, government-sponsored club A type of trap used to catch mice and rats A subordinate ruler or official 16 Which type of sensory imagery is prominent in the poem's opening lines? Sound imagery Taste imagery Tactile imagery Smell imagery 17 What does the plant most likely symbolize? God's abandonment The power of the arts Life under dictatorship The refuge of nature 18 Which is NOT one of the poem's themes? Death Evil and oppression Inequality Gender 19 Which of the following is an instance of hyperbole? "A finical satrap conversed" "Lament was perpetual" "their festering surfeit of bones" "Vendetta was born" 20 Which of the following serve as a synecdochic representation in the poem? A glove A plant A petal A mouth 21 What does the word "carrion" mean? A type of bird of prey Decaying dead bodies A brand of gun popular in fascist Spain A battle cry 22 Neruda uses a simile to compare which of the following to a flower petal? A gunshot wound A military medal The smell of corpses A flag 23 In which era is this poem most likely set? The mid-twentieth century The 1970s The early Medieval period The late eighteenth century 24 How does Neruda depict authoritarians? As zealous and obsessive As sadistic and monstrous As frivolous and willfully blind As vulnerable and frightened 25 What does the word "bludgeon" mean? Toolbox Physical blow Blunt person Broken-down vehicle