Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?
A junkyard

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

The back wings of a hospital

A forest
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?
Harvard

Princeton

Yale

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

A mirror

A diamond

A broken glass bottle
4 How long is the poem?
Three stanzas

Two stanzas

Ten stanzas

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

Banker

Electrician

Doctor
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?
Orange

Blue

Red

Green
7 When was the poem published?
1983

1930

1963

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

The hospital

Cinders

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

Metonymy

Enjambment

Extended metaphor
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?
Imagism

Futurism

Romanticism

Social Realism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Industrial imagery

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

Monostiches

Couplets

Quatrains
14 What is the meaning of the word "cinders" in the poem?
A piling of woodchips

Partially burnt coal or wood

Logs on a fire

The bottom of a chimney
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?
The mundanity of medical work

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The politics of poetry

The progress of industry
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?
As an unremarkable day job

As daily drudgery

As a distraction from his writing

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

Sonnet

Haiku

Free verse
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?
Lifelessness

Danger

Love

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 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?
"Radiate"

"Glow"

"Shine"

"Reflect"
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?
Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Reading novels during his lunch break

Reciting famous poems to patients

Writing poems on scraps of paper
24 What did Williams value most in style?
Building a rhyme scheme

Making deft use of metaphor

Directly communicating imagery

Elaborate wordplay
25 How many lines are in the poem?
Twelve

Ten

Two

Twenty

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