Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed May 07, 2022

1 What is the poem's setting?

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

A forest

A junkyard

The back wings of a hospital
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?

Yale

Princeton

Harvard

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

A diamond

A broken glass bottle

A mirror

A window
4 How long is the poem?

Ten stanzas

Two stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Lawyer

Electrician

Banker

Doctor
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Blue

Orange

Red

Green
7 When was the poem published?

1930

1983

1963

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

The hospital

Concrete walls

Shards of glass

Cinders
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?

Allegory

Metonymy

Enjambment

Extended metaphor
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Romanticism

Futurism

Social Realism

Imagism
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?

Partially burnt coal or wood

A piling of woodchips

The bottom of a chimney

Logs on a fire
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?

The progress of industry

The politics of poetry

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The mundanity of medical work
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?

As providing key insight into the human condition

As an unremarkable day job

As a distraction from his writing

As daily drudgery
17 What is the form of the poem?

Villanelle

Haiku

Free verse

Sonnet
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp

Bombastic and verbose

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

Danger

Endurance

Love

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

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To characterize the hospital in which he worked
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?

"Shine"

"Radiate"

"Reflect"

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

Rutherford

New York

Boston

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

Reading novels during his lunch break

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Reciting famous poems to patients

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office
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?

Two

Ten

Twenty

Twelve

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