Bishop LC Poems: Filling Station

What exclamation does Bishop open this poem with? (FS)

• Oh, but it is dirty!

• Oh it is dirty!

• Oh, it is so dirty!

• Oh, that's shocking!!

What two terms does she use in the first stanza to describe the oil around the filling station? (FS)

• oil-soaked

• oil-permeated

• oil-saturated

• oil-polluted

• oil-spattered

We can see a gentle, (a)   humour in the closing line of the first verse- what is the adjective? (FS)

Bishop warns you to 'Be (a)   ' in the first stanza of Filling Station?

As Bishop observes the father and his sons in the filling station, what terms would describe her reaction to their appearance? (FS)

• intrigued

• piqued

• oblivious

• ambivalent

• arrested

As Bishop pays more attention to the surroundings, she surmises that it is a family filling station. What is the first feature she notes in her observations?

• the cement porch

• the wickerwork

• the dog

• the doily

• the taboret

What quote denotes colour in the scene? 'Some (a)   ' (FS)

Where was the taboret set? (FS)

(a)  

What feature in particular does Bishop find most incongruous in the whole scene? (FS)

• the doily

• the taboret

• the begonia plant

• the dog

• the comic books

What did Bishop say about the plant in the last verse in Filling Station?

(a)