The Red Wheelbarrow Quizzes

The Red Wheelbarrow Quiz

1 What is the main theme of the poem?

City life

Mortality

Simplicity

Political upheaval
2 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with?

Neo-romanticism

Imagism

Surrealism

Romanticism
3 How many stanzas does the poem have?

Sixteen

Eight

Two

Four
4 What word best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Enraged

Objective

Saccharine

Cynical
5 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?

A red wheelbarrow

Rainwater

A barn

White chickens
6 Which of the following poets was associated with Imagism?

T.S. Eliot

Tony Hoagland

Emily Dickinson

H.D.
7 What is the setting of the poem?

An industrial city

A lakeside cottage

A farm

An orchard
8 What type of stanzas does the poem use?

Quatrains

Couplets

Octaves

Tercets
9 What is the poem's central image?

The green tractor

The white chickens

The red wheelbarrow

The white fence
10 What is the genre of the poem?

Villanelle

Haiku

Nature poetry

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

ABBA

ABCB

ABAB

It doesn't have one
12 Which poet does Williams most resemble in this particular poem?

Ezra Pound

Padgett Powell

Henry David Thoreau

Bashō
13 Which of the following techniques does the poem employ?

Anaphora

Rhyming couplets

Metonymy

Enjambment
14 What is not present in the poem?

Couplets

Rustic imagery

Punctuation

Line breaks
15 What was a core tenet of the Imagism movement?

A focus on decorative language in peotry

An avoidance of clear and simple language

A focus on the direct relay of imagery in poetry

A fascination with wordplay and puns
16 How does Williams use the word "depends" in the first line?

To show the central importance of the wheelbarrow in the scene

To emphasize the reliability of a particular farmhand

To set up an elaborate metaphor about nature

To depict an average day of working in the field
17 Why does Williams use the word "white" to describe the chickens in the final stanza?

Because it demonstrates the generic quality of these particular chickens

Because it shows the chicken's antagonism towards the wheelbarrow

Because it establishes an effective color contrast

Because it highlights that there is something wrong with these chickens
18 Which of the following is NOT an example of an Imagist poet?

William Carlos Williams

Sylvia Plath

H.D.

Amy Lowell
19 How was Williams's writing style often described?

Elaborate and complex

Plain and unadorned

Confessional and tragic

Mysterious and cryptic
20 How does Williams utilize the image of chickens in the final stanza?

To reveal a hidden detail about the wheelbarrow's purpose

To shift to an entirely different moment in time

To show the climax of the main conflict

To establish background details and setting
21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?

Utility

Spirituality

Simplicity

Materiality
22 What function does rainwater serve in the poem?

Shows the wheelbarrow's rapid decline

Shows the farm has fallen on hard times

Underscores the physical makeup of the wheelbarrow

References biblical floods
23 How many lines does the poem have?

Seven

Four

Twelve

Eight
24 When was the poem published?

1932

1922

1933

1923
25 What was the name of the collection the poem was published in?

Paterson

Pictures from Bruegel

The Wedge

Spring and All

The Red Wheelbarrow Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for The Red Wheelbarrow is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for The Red Wheelbarrow

The Red Wheelbarrow study guide contains a biography of William Carlos Williams, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for The Red Wheelbarrow…