1 When was the poem published? 1912 1931 1921 1964 2 How long is the poem? 15 lines 29 lines 25 lines 32 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Coping Rebirth Loss Natural beauty 4 Where is the poem set? In the speaker's backyard In a meadow In a field of flowers In a forest 5 Who is the speaker? A man who has lost his father A plum tree A dying man A recently widowed woman 6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness? Because she gets terrible allergies Because she didn't have time to plant her garden Because it reminds her of her husband Because she prefers autumn 7 What is the tone of the poem? Upbeat and cheery Cynical and sarcastic Mournful and elegiac Dull and monotone 8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? Plum tree Grass An apple orchard White flowers 9 What is the poem's form? Sonnet Haiku Rhyme royal Free verse 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "The plumtree is white today" "at the edge of the heavy woods" "flames as it has flamed" "I lived with my husband." 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Impressionism Surrealism Imagism Romanticism 12 What is the poem's genre? Ekphrastic poetry Nature poetry Love sonnet War epic 13 When does the climax occur? When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers When the speaker remembers her husband When the speaker talks to to her son 14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize? Autumn Winter Spring Summer 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "load the cherry branches" "The plumtree is white today" "and fall into those flowers" "Sorrow is my own yard" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Summer Autumn Winter Spring 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Enjambment Unconventional capitalization Extended metaphor Anaphora 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Soliloquy Stichomythia Chorus Monologue 19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize? The speaker's acceptance of circumstance The speaker's grief The grace of nature The memories of the speaker's happy marriage 20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime? To parallel spring with winter To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry To show spring's hidden sadness To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events 21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as? Direct Flowery Indulgent Dense 22 How long was the speaker married? Five years Fifteen years Twenty-five years Thirty-five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's son The speaker's husband The speaker's neighbor The speaker's mother 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Chopping down her plum tree Going to a meadow with her husband Falling into a soft bed of white flowers Mowing the lawn 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? A preserve for birdwatching A muddy wetland A swamp with alligators The shore of a beach
