Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?

The back wings of a hospital

A forest

A junkyard

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?

Harvard

Princeton

Yale

The University of Pennsylvania
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A diamond

A mirror

A broken glass bottle

A window
4 How long is the poem?

Two stanzas

Five stanzas

Ten stanzas

Three stanzas
5 Outside of writing, what was Williams's primary occupation?

Electrician

Doctor

Lawyer

Banker
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Blue

Orange

Green

Red
7 When was the poem published?

1983

1938

1930

1963
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?

Cinders

The hospital

Concrete walls

Shards of glass
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?

As a secret garden

As a place with no natural light

As a bustling communal area

As a place where nothing can grow
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?

Extended metaphor

Metonymy

Enjambment

Allegory
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Social Realism

Romanticism

Imagism

Futurism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Punctuation

Industrial imagery
13 What type of stanzas does the poem have?

Quatrains

Monostiches

Quatrains

Couplets
14 What is the meaning of the word "cinders" in the poem?

Partially burnt coal or wood

A piling of woodchips

Logs on a fire

The bottom of a chimney
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The progress of industry

The politics of poetry

The mundanity of medical work
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?

As daily drudgery

As providing key insight into the human condition

As an unremarkable day job

As a distraction from his writing
17 What is the form of the poem?

Sonnet

Haiku

Villanelle

Free verse
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Dark and sinister

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp

Bombastic and verbose
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?

Love

Endurance

Lifelessness

Danger
20 Why does Williams choose such a bleak setting for the poem?

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

To characterize the hospital in which he worked
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?

"Glow"

"Shine"

"Reflect"

"Radiate"
22 Where did Williams practice medicine for most of his career?

New York

Rutherford

Chicago

Boston
23 What literary activity did Williams often engage in during work?

Reciting famous poems to patients

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Reading novels during his lunch break
24 What did Williams value most in style?

Making deft use of metaphor

Directly communicating imagery

Elaborate wordplay

Building a rhyme scheme
25 How many lines are in the poem?

Ten

Twenty

Two

Twelve

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