1 What is the main theme of the poem? Simplicity City life Mortality Political upheaval 2 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with? Imagism Surrealism Romanticism Neo-romanticism 3 How many stanzas does the poem have? Sixteen Four Eight Two 4 What word best characterizes the tone of the poem? Enraged Cynical Saccharine Objective 5 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? A red wheelbarrow A barn Rainwater White chickens 6 Which of the following poets was associated with Imagism? Emily Dickinson T.S. Eliot Tony Hoagland H.D. 7 What is the setting of the poem? An orchard A farm A lakeside cottage An industrial city 8 What type of stanzas does the poem use? Quatrains Tercets Octaves Couplets 9 What is the poem's central image? The white chickens The white fence The green tractor The red wheelbarrow 10 What is the genre of the poem? Erasure poetry Villanelle Nature poetry Haiku 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABCB ABBA It doesn't have one ABAB 12 Which poet does Williams most resemble in this particular poem? Padgett Powell Ezra Pound Bashō Henry David Thoreau 13 Which of the following techniques does the poem employ? Enjambment Anaphora Metonymy Rhyming couplets 14 What is not present in the poem? Couplets Punctuation Line breaks Rustic imagery 15 What was a core tenet of the Imagism movement? A focus on decorative language in peotry An avoidance of clear and simple language A focus on the direct relay of imagery in poetry A fascination with wordplay and puns 16 How does Williams use the word "depends" in the first line? To set up an elaborate metaphor about nature To show the central importance of the wheelbarrow in the scene To emphasize the reliability of a particular farmhand To depict an average day of working in the field 17 Why does Williams use the word "white" to describe the chickens in the final stanza? Because it demonstrates the generic quality of these particular chickens Because it establishes an effective color contrast Because it shows the chicken's antagonism towards the wheelbarrow Because it highlights that there is something wrong with these chickens 18 Which of the following is NOT an example of an Imagist poet? Amy Lowell H.D. Sylvia Plath William Carlos Williams 19 How was Williams's writing style often described? Elaborate and complex Mysterious and cryptic Confessional and tragic Plain and unadorned 20 How does Williams utilize the image of chickens in the final stanza? To establish background details and setting To show the climax of the main conflict To reveal a hidden detail about the wheelbarrow's purpose To shift to an entirely different moment in time 21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Simplicity Materiality Utility Spirituality 22 What function does rainwater serve in the poem? Shows the farm has fallen on hard times Underscores the physical makeup of the wheelbarrow Shows the wheelbarrow's rapid decline References biblical floods 23 How many lines does the poem have? Seven Four Eight Twelve 24 When was the poem published? 1922 1932 1923 1933 25 What was the name of the collection the poem was published in? The Wedge Spring and All Paterson Pictures from Bruegel