The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1964

1921

1912

1931
2 How long is the poem?
25 lines

15 lines

32 lines

29 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Rebirth

Natural beauty

Loss

Coping
4 Where is the poem set?
In a field of flowers

In the speaker's backyard

In a forest

In a meadow
5 Who is the speaker?
A recently widowed woman

A dying man

A man who has lost his father

A plum tree
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because she didn't have time to plant her garden

Because she prefers autumn

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she gets terrible allergies
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Upbeat and cheery

Cynical and sarcastic

Dull and monotone

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

Grass

White flowers

Plum tree
9 What is the poem's form?
Rhyme royal

Sonnet

Free verse

Haiku
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"flames as it has flamed"

"The plumtree is white today"

"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"I lived with my husband."
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Imagism

Surrealism

Romanticism

Impressionism
12 What is the poem's genre?
Ekphrastic poetry

Love sonnet

Nature poetry

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?
Summer

Spring

Winter

Autumn
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"Sorrow is my own yard"

"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"

"and fall into those flowers"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Spring

Autumn

Winter

Summer
17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem?
Unconventional capitalization

Extended metaphor

Anaphora

Enjambment
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 speaker's acceptance of circumstance

The grace of nature

The speaker's grief

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage
20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime?
To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events

To parallel spring with winter

To show spring's hidden sadness

To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry
21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as?
Indulgent

Direct

Flowery

Dense
22 How long was the speaker married?
Thirty-five years

Five years

Twenty-five years

Fifteen years
23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow?
The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's son

The speaker's mother

The speaker's husband
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Mowing the lawn

Chopping down her plum tree

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Going to a meadow with her husband
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A preserve for birdwatching

The shore of a beach

A muddy wetland

A swamp with alligators

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