Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?

The back wings of a hospital

A junkyard

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

A forest
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?

The University of Pennsylvania

Harvard

Yale

Princeton
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A mirror

A window

A broken glass bottle

A diamond
4 How long is the poem?

Three stanzas

Five stanzas

Ten stanzas

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

Electrician

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Blue

Green

Red

Orange
7 When was the poem published?

1930

1963

1983

1938
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 secret garden

As a bustling communal area

As a place with no natural light

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

Enjambment

Metonymy

Extended metaphor

Allegory
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Social Realism

Imagism

Futurism

Romanticism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Punctuation

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

Quatrains

Quatrains

Monostiches

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

Partially burnt coal or wood

Logs on a fire

A piling of woodchips

The bottom of a chimney
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 daily drudgery

As an unremarkable day job

As a distraction from his writing

As providing key insight into the human condition
17 What is the form of the poem?

Haiku

Sonnet

Free verse

Villanelle
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Dark and sinister

Understated and sharp

Cheery and warm

Bombastic and verbose
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?

Danger

Lifelessness

Endurance

Love
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 highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

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

"Shine"

"Glow"

"Radiate"

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

Rutherford

Chicago

New York

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

Reading novels during his lunch break

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Reciting famous poems to patients

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

Making deft use of metaphor

Directly communicating imagery

Elaborate wordplay

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

Ten

Twelve

Two

Twenty

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