The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1964

1912

1921

1931
2 How long is the poem?
29 lines

15 lines

25 lines

32 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Loss

Rebirth

Natural beauty

Coping
4 Where is the poem set?
In a meadow

In the speaker's backyard

In a field of flowers

In a forest
5 Who is the speaker?
A plum tree

A recently widowed woman

A man who has lost his father

A dying man
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?
Cynical and sarcastic

Dull and monotone

Mournful and elegiac

Upbeat and cheery
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
An apple orchard

White flowers

Plum tree

Grass
9 What is the poem's form?
Haiku

Rhyme royal

Free verse

Sonnet
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"The plumtree is white today"

"I lived with my husband."

"flames as it has flamed"
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 sees the blossoming tree in her yard

When the speaker talks to to her son

When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers

When the speaker remembers her husband
14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize?
Autumn

Spring

Summer

Winter
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"and fall into those flowers"

"Sorrow is my own yard"

"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Summer

Winter

Autumn

Spring
17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem?
Enjambment

Anaphora

Unconventional capitalization

Extended metaphor
18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate?
Monologue

Soliloquy

Chorus

Stichomythia
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The grace of nature

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The speaker's grief
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

Dense

Indulgent
22 How long was the speaker married?
Twenty-five years

Five years

Fifteen years

Thirty-five years
23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow?
The speaker's husband

The speaker's mother

The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's son
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Going to a meadow with her husband

Chopping down her plum tree

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Mowing the lawn
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A muddy wetland

A swamp with alligators

A preserve for birdwatching

The shore of a beach

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