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1 What is the poem's setting?

A forest

A junkyard

The back wings of a hospital

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?

Princeton

Harvard

Yale

The University of Pennsylvania
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A broken glass bottle

A window

A mirror

A diamond
4 How long is the poem?

Two stanzas

Ten stanzas

Five stanzas

Three stanzas
5 Outside of writing, what was Williams's primary occupation?

Doctor

Lawyer

Electrician

Banker
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Blue

Orange

Red

Green
7 When was the poem published?

1930

1963

1938

1983
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?

Shards of glass

Cinders

Concrete walls

The hospital
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?

As a place with no natural light

As a bustling communal area

As a place where nothing can grow

As a secret garden
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?

Allegory

Metonymy

Extended metaphor

Enjambment
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Social Realism

Imagism

Romanticism

Futurism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Industrial imagery

Punctuation
13 What type of stanzas does the poem have?

Quatrains

Couplets

Monostiches

Quatrains
14 What is the meaning of the word "cinders" in the poem?

The bottom of a chimney

Logs on a fire

Partially burnt coal or wood

A piling of woodchips
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The politics of poetry

The mundanity of medical work

The progress of industry
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?

As providing key insight into the human condition

As an unremarkable day job

As daily drudgery

As a distraction from his writing
17 What is the form of the poem?

Haiku

Villanelle

Sonnet

Free verse
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Bombastic and verbose

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp

Dark and sinister
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?

Lifelessness

Endurance

Danger

Love
20 Why does Williams choose such a bleak setting for the poem?

To characterize the hospital in which he worked

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?

"Reflect"

"Shine"

"Glow"

"Radiate"
22 Where did Williams practice medicine for most of his career?

Rutherford

Boston

New York

Chicago
23 What literary activity did Williams often engage in during work?

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Reciting famous poems to patients

Reading novels during his lunch break
24 What did Williams value most in style?

Making deft use of metaphor

Elaborate wordplay

Building a rhyme scheme

Directly communicating imagery
25 How many lines are in the poem?

Ten

Two

Twelve

Twenty

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