Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?

A junkyard

The back wings of a hospital

A forest

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

Harvard

The University of Pennsylvania

Princeton

Yale
3 What object is glittering in the poem?

A diamond

A mirror

A broken glass bottle

A window
4 How long is the poem?

Three stanzas

Ten stanzas

Two stanzas

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

Doctor

Lawyer

Banker

Electrician
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?

Orange

Green

Red

Blue
7 When was the poem published?

1930

1938

1963

1983
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 place where nothing can grow

As a bustling communal area

As a place with no natural light

As a secret garden
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?

Enjambment

Allegory

Extended metaphor

Metonymy
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?

Futurism

Social Realism

Romanticism

Imagism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Punctuation

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

Quatrains

Quatrains

Couplets

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

Partially burnt coal or wood

The bottom of a chimney

A piling of woodchips

Logs on a fire
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?

The progress of industry

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places

The mundanity of medical work

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

As a distraction from his writing

As an unremarkable day job

As providing key insight into the human condition

As daily drudgery
17 What is the form of the poem?

Villanelle

Haiku

Free verse

Sonnet
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Dark and sinister

Bombastic and verbose

Understated and sharp

Cheery and warm
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?

Endurance

Danger

Love

Lifelessness
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?

Chicago

Boston

Rutherford

New York
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

Reciting famous poems to patients

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

Making deft use of metaphor

Building a rhyme scheme

Elaborate wordplay

Directly communicating imagery
25 How many lines are in the poem?

Two

Twelve

Ten

Twenty

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