Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quizzes

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quiz

1 What painter does Williams reference in the poem?
Johannes Vermeer

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Vincent Van Gogh

Hieronymus Bosch
2 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Rhyming couplets

Tercets

Octaves

Monostiches
3 What is the main subject matter of the poem?
Springtime

Icarus

Dutch Renaissance painting

The farmer
4 To which mythic figure does the poem make reference?
Zeus

Arachne

Aphrodite

Icarus
5 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Twenty one

Seven

Fourteen

Four
6 Bruegel was known for his depictions of what?
Greek mythology

Scenes of peasant life

Seascapes

Dreams
7 What is the poem's central theme?
Hubris

Visual art

Perspective

War
8 What is the poem's genre?
Ekphrasis

Aubade

War epic

Love sonnet
9 What is ekphrasis?
A written description of a work of art

A depiction of a battle scene

A written description of a work of art

A wrriten work with religious overtones
10 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with?
Confessional poetry

Transcendentalist

Imagism

Postmodernism
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCB

ABBA

AABB

It doesn't have one
12 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"off the coast"

"the wings' wax"

"the whole pageantry"

"awake tingling"
13 When was the poem published?
1967

1956

1960

1976
14 Which of the following lines contains understatement?
"the edge of the sea"

"sweating in the sun"

"a splash quite unnoticed"

"a farmer was ploughing"
15 When does the poem take place?
During winter

During spring

During fall

During summer
16 Which of the following was another famous work by Bruegel?
The Night Café

Netherlandish Proverbs

The Astronomer

The Garden of Earthly Delights
17 What is the climax of the poem?
Bruegel painting this piece

The farmer tilling his field

Icarus drowning

Icarus's wings melting
18 What technique does Williams use often throughout the poem?
Enjambment

Slant rhyme

Unconventional alignment

Anaphora
19 What is absent from the poem?
The sun

Descriptions of labor

Pastoral imagery

Punctuation
20 What does the farmer represent in the poem?
The stories of everyday people

Fear of the ocean

The difficulties of rural labor

The importance of poetry
21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Urban decay

Art

Everyday life

Perspective
22 What is radical about both Williams's poem and Bruegel's painting?
Their centering of ordinary classes of people

Their use of blank space

Their incorporation of surreal imagery

Their mocking depiction of the ruling class
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Dramatic and intense

Elegant and cold

Lighthearted and wry

Somber and dark
24 Which of the following words in the poem is onomatopoeic?
Splash

Fell

Sea

Drowning
25 Who gave Icarus his wings?
Daedalus

Ares

Hera

Aphrodite

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