Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?
A forest

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

A junkyard

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

Yale

The University of Pennsylvania

Princeton
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

Ten stanzas

Two stanzas

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

Lawyer

Banker

Electrician
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?
Green

Blue

Red

Orange
7 When was the poem published?
1930

1983

1963

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

Cinders

Concrete walls

Shards of glass
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?
As a secret garden

As a place where nothing can grow

As a bustling communal area

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

Extended metaphor

Metonymy

Enjambment
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?
Futurism

Romanticism

Social Realism

Imagism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?
Industrial imagery

Punctuation
13 What type of stanzas does the poem have?
Couplets

Quatrains

Quatrains

Monostiches
14 What is the meaning of the word "cinders" in the poem?
Partially burnt coal or wood

The bottom of a chimney

A piling of woodchips

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

The politics of poetry

The mundanity of medical work

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places
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?
Sonnet

Villanelle

Free verse

Haiku
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Bombastic and verbose

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp

Dark and sinister
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 capture the dullness of a doctor's life

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

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

"Radiate"

"Shine"

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

New York

Boston

Rutherford
23 What literary activity did Williams often engage in during work?
Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Reading novels during his lunch break

Reciting famous poems to patients
24 What did Williams value most in style?
Elaborate wordplay

Building a rhyme scheme

Making deft use of metaphor

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

Twenty

Two

Twelve

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