WorksheetsBishop LC Poems: Filling Station
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
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)
Which terms apply to the subject matter of the poem Filling Station
domestic
behind the scenes
maternal/ feminine influence
ambivalence
decadence
