1 What is the main theme of the poem? Simplicity Political upheaval Mortality City life 2 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with? Romanticism Neo-romanticism Imagism Surrealism 3 How many stanzas does the poem have? Sixteen Eight Two Four 4 What word best characterizes the tone of the poem? Cynical Objective Enraged Saccharine 5 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? A barn Rainwater White chickens A red wheelbarrow 6 Which of the following poets was associated with Imagism? H.D. T.S. Eliot Tony Hoagland Emily Dickinson 7 What is the setting of the poem? A lakeside cottage An industrial city An orchard A farm 8 What type of stanzas does the poem use? Octaves Tercets Quatrains Couplets 9 What is the poem's central image? The red wheelbarrow The green tractor The white fence The white chickens 10 What is the genre of the poem? Nature poetry Haiku Villanelle Erasure poetry 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABAB ABBA ABCB It doesn't have one 12 Which poet does Williams most resemble in this particular poem? Henry David Thoreau Bashō Padgett Powell Ezra Pound 13 Which of the following techniques does the poem employ? Enjambment Metonymy Anaphora Rhyming couplets 14 What is not present in the poem? Couplets Line breaks Rustic imagery Punctuation 15 What was a core tenet of the Imagism movement? A focus on decorative language in peotry A fascination with wordplay and puns A focus on the direct relay of imagery in poetry An avoidance of clear and simple language 16 How does Williams use the word "depends" in the first line? To set up an elaborate metaphor about nature To depict an average day of working in the field To emphasize the reliability of a particular farmhand To show the central importance of the wheelbarrow in the scene 17 Why does Williams use the word "white" to describe the chickens in the final stanza? Because it establishes an effective color contrast Because it highlights that there is something wrong with these chickens Because it shows the chicken's antagonism towards the wheelbarrow Because it demonstrates the generic quality of these particular chickens 18 Which of the following is NOT an example of an Imagist poet? William Carlos Williams H.D. Sylvia Plath Amy Lowell 19 How was Williams's writing style often described? Confessional and tragic Plain and unadorned Elaborate and complex Mysterious and cryptic 20 How does Williams utilize the image of chickens in the final stanza? To shift to an entirely different moment in time To show the climax of the main conflict To establish background details and setting To reveal a hidden detail about the wheelbarrow's purpose 21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Utility Materiality Spirituality Simplicity 22 What function does rainwater serve in the poem? Underscores the physical makeup of the wheelbarrow Shows the wheelbarrow's rapid decline Shows the farm has fallen on hard times References biblical floods 23 How many lines does the poem have? Twelve Seven Four Eight 24 When was the poem published? 1923 1932 1922 1933 25 What was the name of the collection the poem was published in? The Wedge Spring and All Paterson Pictures from Bruegel
