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