Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quizzes

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quiz

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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?

Tercets

Monostiches

Octaves

Rhyming couplets
3 What is the main subject matter of the poem?

Springtime

The farmer

Icarus

Dutch Renaissance painting
4 To which mythic figure does the poem make reference?

Arachne

Icarus

Zeus

Aphrodite
5 How many stanzas does the poem have?

Seven

Twenty one

Four

Fourteen
6 Bruegel was known for his depictions of what?

Seascapes

Greek mythology

Dreams

Scenes of peasant life
7 What is the poem's central theme?

Hubris

War

Visual art

Perspective
8 What is the poem's genre?

Aubade

War epic

Love sonnet

Ekphrasis
9 What is ekphrasis?

A written description of a work of art

A written description of a work of art

A wrriten work with religious overtones

A depiction of a battle scene
10 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with?

Imagism

Postmodernism

Transcendentalist

Confessional poetry
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABBA

AABB

ABCB

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

"the whole pageantry"

"awake tingling"

"off the coast"

"the wings' wax"
13 When was the poem published?

1956

1976

1967

1960
14 Which of the following lines contains understatement?

"the edge of the sea"

"a splash quite unnoticed"

"a farmer was ploughing"

"sweating in the sun"
15 When does the poem take place?

During spring

During fall

During summer

During winter
16 Which of the following was another famous work by Bruegel?

The Astronomer

Netherlandish Proverbs

The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Night Café
17 What is the climax of the poem?

Icarus's wings melting

The farmer tilling his field

Bruegel painting this piece

Icarus drowning
18 What technique does Williams use often throughout the poem?

Enjambment

Unconventional alignment

Slant rhyme

Anaphora
19 What is absent from the poem?

Punctuation

The sun

Pastoral imagery

Descriptions of labor
20 What does the farmer represent in the poem?

The importance of poetry

The stories of everyday people

The difficulties of rural labor

Fear of the ocean
21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?

Perspective

Art

Everyday life

Urban decay
22 What is radical about both Williams's poem and Bruegel's painting?

Their centering of ordinary classes of people

Their incorporation of surreal imagery

Their mocking depiction of the ruling class

Their use of blank space
23 What is the tone of the poem?

Dramatic and intense

Lighthearted and wry

Elegant and cold

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

Drowning

Splash

Sea

Fell
25 Who gave Icarus his wings?

Hera

Aphrodite

Ares

Daedalus

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