1 What is the tone of the poem? Happy and upbeat Dark and moody Straightforward and regretful Cynical and sharp 2 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? The kitchen sink The icebox Oranges Apples 3 What style was Williams seeking to imitate? Shakespeare's love sonnets Bashō's haikus about autumn Gary Snyder's poems about the North Cascades mountain range A note left on the kitchen counter by his wife 4 What is a major stylistic feature of the poem? Complex metaphors The use of enjambment A prominent inclusion of dashes Elaborate wordplay 5 How many stanzas does the poem have? Six Four Three Eighteen 6 What do plums represent in the poem? Religious guilt The speaker's love for his wife Farm labor Everyday pleasures 7 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "and which" "so sweet" "I have eaten" "you were probably" 8 What is the genre of the poem? Erasure poetry Pastoral poetry War epic Imagist poetry 9 What is the poem's setting? An orchard The speaker's farm The speaker's kitchen A doctor's office 10 What is the poem's form and meter? The poem is a sonnet. The poem is written in free verse. The poem is a haiku. The poem is a villanelle. 11 What fruit does the speaker guiltily consume? Peaches Apples Plums Pears 12 What does the word "icebox" refer to? It refers to an ice chest. It is an older term for refrigerator. It is a colloquial term for a meat locker. It refers to an ice skating rink. 13 What is the poem's main conflict? The speaker's struggle to not eat apples The speaker's marital struggles The speaker's inability to cook The speaker's guilt over eating plums 14 When does the poem's climax occur? Before the poem has begun In the third stanza In the second stanza In the first stanza 15 What role does understatement play in the poem? The speaker compares his consumption of the plums to a buglarly The speaker describes the icebox like a vast arctic tundra The speaker imagines his wife's anger like a tidal wave The speaker confesses his consumption of the plums like a crime 16 What type of stanza does the poem have? Monostiches Quatrains Quintains Octaves 17 What is a recurring motif in the poem? Regret Envy Happiness Frustration 18 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Guilt Taste Communication Time 19 When was the poem published? 1933 1988 1983 1938 20 Which of the following poets also used enjambment prominently in their work? Jennifer O'Grady Billy Collins Tony Hoagland All of the following 21 Which of the following words does the speaker NOT use to describe the taste of the plums? Cold Saccharine Delicious Sweet 22 Why does the speaker end with a description of the plums' taste? To show the lingering memory it left behind To describe their unremarkable flavor To reveal that he feels no guilt To highlight his lack of enjoyment of them 23 What is the title of Tony Hoagland's poem about space travel? "Jet" "Rocket Fuel" "Booster Rockets" "Lift Off" 24 In her poem "Moths," what does Jennifer O'Grady depict? Moths fluttering around a back-porch lightbulb A mother–daughter relationship The speaker's fear of the dark Moths emerging from cocoons 25 Which term best characterizes the style of the poem? Baroque Direct Mysterious Opaque
