Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quizzes

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quiz

1 What painter does Williams reference in the poem?
Hieronymus Bosch

Vincent Van Gogh

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Johannes Vermeer
2 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Rhyming couplets

Monostiches

Octaves

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

The farmer

Dutch Renaissance painting

Icarus
4 To which mythic figure does the poem make reference?
Arachne

Aphrodite

Icarus

Zeus
5 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Four

Seven

Fourteen

Twenty one
6 Bruegel was known for his depictions of what?
Scenes of peasant life

Greek mythology

Dreams

Seascapes
7 What is the poem's central theme?
Visual art

Hubris

War

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 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

Postmodernism

Imagism
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABB

ABBA

ABCB

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

"the whole pageantry"

"awake tingling"

"off the coast"
13 When was the poem published?
1960

1976

1967

1956
14 Which of the following lines contains understatement?
"a farmer was ploughing"

"sweating in the sun"

"a splash quite unnoticed"

"the edge of the sea"
15 When does the poem take place?
During winter

During summer

During spring

During fall
16 Which of the following was another famous work by Bruegel?
The Astronomer

The Night Café

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Netherlandish Proverbs
17 What is the climax of the poem?
Icarus's wings melting

Icarus drowning

The farmer tilling his field

Bruegel painting this piece
18 What technique does Williams use often throughout the poem?
Slant rhyme

Unconventional alignment

Anaphora

Enjambment
19 What is absent from the poem?
Punctuation

Pastoral imagery

The sun

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

The importance of poetry

The stories of everyday people

The difficulties of rural labor
21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Art

Urban decay

Perspective

Everyday life
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 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?
Drowning

Sea

Fell

Splash
25 Who gave Icarus his wings?
Daedalus

Hera

Aphrodite

Ares

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