1 What painter does Williams reference in the poem? Johannes Vermeer Vincent Van Gogh Pieter Bruegel the Elder Hieronymus Bosch 2 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Rhyming couplets Monostiches Tercets Octaves 3 What is the main subject matter of the poem? Springtime Dutch Renaissance painting The farmer Icarus 4 To which mythic figure does the poem make reference? Icarus Arachne Zeus Aphrodite 5 How many stanzas does the poem have? Fourteen Four Twenty one Seven 6 Bruegel was known for his depictions of what? Scenes of peasant life Seascapes Dreams Greek mythology 7 What is the poem's central theme? Perspective War Hubris Visual art 8 What is the poem's genre? Aubade Love sonnet Ekphrasis War epic 9 What is ekphrasis? A depiction of a battle scene A wrriten work with religious overtones A written description of a work of art A written description of a work of art 10 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with? Postmodernism Transcendentalist Confessional poetry Imagism 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It doesn't have one ABCB AABB ABBA 12 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "the wings' wax" "off the coast" "the whole pageantry" "awake tingling" 13 When was the poem published? 1956 1960 1967 1976 14 Which of the following lines contains understatement? "sweating in the sun" "a splash quite unnoticed" "the edge of the sea" "a farmer was ploughing" 15 When does the poem take place? During spring During winter During summer During fall 16 Which of the following was another famous work by Bruegel? Netherlandish Proverbs The Night Café The Astronomer The Garden of Earthly Delights 17 What is the climax of the poem? Icarus's wings melting The farmer tilling his field Icarus drowning Bruegel painting this piece 18 What technique does Williams use often throughout the poem? Enjambment Unconventional alignment Slant rhyme Anaphora 19 What is absent from the poem? Descriptions of labor Punctuation Pastoral imagery The sun 20 What does the farmer represent in the poem? The importance of poetry Fear of the ocean The stories of everyday people The difficulties of rural labor 21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Everyday life Urban decay Perspective Art 22 What is radical about both Williams's poem and Bruegel's painting? Their incorporation of surreal imagery Their centering of ordinary classes of people Their use of blank space Their mocking depiction of the ruling class 23 What is the tone of the poem? Elegant and cold Somber and dark Dramatic and intense Lighthearted and wry 24 Which of the following words in the poem is onomatopoeic? Fell Sea Splash Drowning 25 Who gave Icarus his wings? Hera Ares Daedalus Aphrodite
