Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?

A forest

The back wings of a hospital

A junkyard

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

Princeton

Harvard

The University of Pennsylvania

Yale
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A mirror

A broken glass bottle

A window

A diamond
4 How long is the poem?

Ten stanzas

Two stanzas

Three stanzas

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

Doctor

Electrician

Lawyer

Banker
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Red

Green

Orange

Blue
7 When was the poem published?

1938

1983

1963

1930
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 bustling communal area

As a secret garden

As a place with no natural light
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?

Allegory

Extended metaphor

Enjambment

Metonymy
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Imagism

Social Realism

Romanticism

Futurism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Punctuation

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

Quatrains

Monostiches

Quatrains

Couplets
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 progress of industry

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The mundanity of medical work

The politics of poetry
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?

As a distraction from his writing

As providing key insight into the human condition

As daily drudgery

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?

Understated and sharp

Bombastic and verbose

Dark and sinister

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

Love

Lifelessness

Danger

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

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To characterize the hospital in which he worked

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?

"Glow"

"Reflect"

"Shine"

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

New York

Chicago

Rutherford

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

Reciting famous poems to patients

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Reading novels during his lunch break

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

Making deft use of metaphor

Elaborate wordplay

Directly communicating imagery

Building a rhyme scheme
25 How many lines are in the poem?

Twenty

Two

Ten

Twelve

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