Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

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?

Harvard

The University of Pennsylvania

Princeton

Yale
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A broken glass bottle

A mirror

A window

A diamond
4 How long is the poem?

Ten stanzas

Two stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Banker

Lawyer

Doctor

Electrician
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Green

Red

Orange

Blue
7 When was the poem published?

1938

1963

1983

1930
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?

Shards of glass

Cinders

The hospital

Concrete walls
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?

As a place with no natural light

As a bustling communal area

As a secret garden

As a place where nothing can grow
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?

Enjambment

Extended metaphor

Metonymy

Allegory
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Social Realism

Futurism

Romanticism

Imagism
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?

A piling of woodchips

The bottom of a chimney

Logs on a fire

Partially burnt coal or wood
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?

The politics of poetry

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The progress of industry

The mundanity of medical work
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?

Free verse

Haiku

Sonnet

Villanelle
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Dark and sinister

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp

Bombastic and verbose
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 characterize the hospital in which he worked

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?

"Reflect"

"Radiate"

"Glow"

"Shine"
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?

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Reciting famous poems to patients

Reading novels during his lunch break

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office
24 What did Williams value most in style?

Elaborate wordplay

Building a rhyme scheme

Directly communicating imagery

Making deft use of metaphor
25 How many lines are in the poem?

Twelve

Two

Ten

Twenty

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