1 When was the poem published? 1964 1921 1931 1912 2 How long is the poem? 25 lines 15 lines 32 lines 29 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Loss Coping Rebirth Natural beauty 4 Where is the poem set? In a meadow In the speaker's backyard In a forest In a field of flowers 5 Who is the speaker? A recently widowed woman A plum tree A man who has lost his father A dying man 6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness? Because she prefers autumn Because it reminds her of her husband Because she gets terrible allergies Because she didn't have time to plant her garden 7 What is the tone of the poem? Upbeat and cheery Dull and monotone Cynical and sarcastic Mournful and elegiac 8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? Plum tree Grass White flowers An apple orchard 9 What is the poem's form? Haiku Free verse Rhyme royal Sonnet 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "flames as it has flamed" "I lived with my husband." "The plumtree is white today" "at the edge of the heavy woods" 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Surrealism Imagism Romanticism Impressionism 12 What is the poem's genre? Love sonnet Ekphrastic poetry Nature poetry War epic 13 When does the climax occur? When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard When the speaker remembers her husband When the speaker talks to to her son When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers 14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize? Autumn Summer Spring Winter 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "and fall into those flowers" "load the cherry branches" "Sorrow is my own yard" "The plumtree is white today" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Summer Winter Autumn Spring 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Unconventional capitalization Enjambment Anaphora Extended metaphor 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Soliloquy Monologue Chorus Stichomythia 19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize? The speaker's grief The grace of nature The memories of the speaker's happy marriage The speaker's acceptance of circumstance 20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime? To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry To parallel spring with winter To show spring's hidden sadness 21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as? Indulgent Dense Direct Flowery 22 How long was the speaker married? Twenty-five years Thirty-five years Fifteen years Five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's mother The speaker's husband The speaker's son The speaker's neighbor 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Mowing the lawn Falling into a soft bed of white flowers Chopping down her plum tree Going to a meadow with her husband 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? A preserve for birdwatching A muddy wetland The shore of a beach A swamp with alligators
