Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

A forest

A junkyard

The back wings of a hospital
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?

Harvard

Princeton

The University of Pennsylvania

Yale
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A broken glass bottle

A window

A diamond

A mirror
4 How long is the poem?

Two stanzas

Three stanzas

Ten stanzas

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

Banker

Electrician

Lawyer

Doctor
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Red

Orange

Blue

Green
7 When was the poem published?

1963

1930

1938

1983
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?

The hospital

Shards of glass

Cinders

Concrete walls
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?

As a place where nothing can grow

As a secret garden

As a bustling communal area

As a place with no natural light
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?

Metonymy

Enjambment

Allegory

Extended metaphor
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Futurism

Romanticism

Imagism

Social Realism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Industrial imagery

Punctuation
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?

Logs on a fire

The bottom of a chimney

A piling of woodchips

Partially burnt coal or wood
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?

The mundanity of medical work

The progress of industry

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The politics of poetry
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?

As providing key insight into the human condition

As daily drudgery

As a distraction from his writing

As an unremarkable day job
17 What is the form of the poem?

Sonnet

Villanelle

Free verse

Haiku
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Bombastic and verbose

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp

Dark and sinister
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?

Endurance

Lifelessness

Danger

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

To characterize the hospital in which he worked

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life

To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?

"Radiate"

"Reflect"

"Glow"

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

Rutherford

New York

Chicago

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

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Reading novels during his lunch break

Reciting famous poems to patients
24 What did Williams value most in style?

Elaborate wordplay

Directly communicating imagery

Building a rhyme scheme

Making deft use of metaphor
25 How many lines are in the poem?

Twenty

Twelve

Ten

Two

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