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