Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

A forest

The back wings of a hospital

A junkyard
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?

Princeton

Harvard

Yale

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

A window

A diamond

A broken glass bottle

A mirror
4 How long is the poem?

Three stanzas

Five stanzas

Two stanzas

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

Doctor

Banker

Lawyer

Electrician
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Green

Orange

Blue

Red
7 When was the poem published?

1930

1983

1963

1938
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?

Concrete walls

Shards of glass

The hospital

Cinders
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?

As a place where nothing can grow

As a place with no natural light

As a bustling communal area

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

Metonymy

Extended metaphor

Allegory

Enjambment
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Futurism

Social Realism

Imagism

Romanticism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Punctuation

Industrial imagery
13 What type of stanzas does the poem have?

Monostiches

Quatrains

Couplets

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

Logs on a fire

Partially burnt coal or wood

The bottom of a chimney

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

The politics of poetry

The mundanity of medical work

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

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

As daily drudgery

As providing key insight into the human condition

As a distraction from his writing

As an unremarkable day job
17 What is the form of the poem?

Haiku

Free verse

Villanelle

Sonnet
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Dark and sinister

Bombastic and verbose

Understated and sharp

Cheery and warm
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?

Love

Endurance

Lifelessness

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

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

To characterize the hospital in which he worked

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?

"Shine"

"Glow"

"Reflect"

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

Chicago

Boston

Rutherford

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

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Reciting famous poems to patients

Reading novels during his lunch break

Writing poems on scraps of paper
24 What did Williams value most in style?

Building a rhyme scheme

Elaborate wordplay

Making deft use of metaphor

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

Twelve

Two

Ten

Twenty

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