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