The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1912

1964

1921

1931
2 How long is the poem?
29 lines

25 lines

15 lines

32 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Rebirth

Natural beauty

Loss

Coping
4 Where is the poem set?
In a field of flowers

In the speaker's backyard

In a forest

In a meadow
5 Who is the speaker?
A man who has lost his father

A recently widowed woman

A dying man

A plum tree
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because she gets terrible allergies

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden

Because she prefers autumn
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Upbeat and cheery

Mournful and elegiac

Cynical and sarcastic

Dull and monotone
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
White flowers

Grass

An apple orchard

Plum tree
9 What is the poem's form?
Haiku

Rhyme royal

Free verse

Sonnet
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"flames as it has flamed"

"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"I lived with my husband."

"The plumtree is white today"
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Romanticism

Imagism

Impressionism

Surrealism
12 What is the poem's genre?
War epic

Love sonnet

Ekphrastic poetry

Nature poetry
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 imagines collapsing into white flowers

When the speaker talks to to her son
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?
"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"

"Sorrow is my own yard"

"and fall into those flowers"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Winter

Summer

Spring

Autumn
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?
Stichomythia

Monologue

Soliloquy

Chorus
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The speaker's grief

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

The grace of nature
20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime?
To show spring's hidden sadness

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
21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as?
Indulgent

Direct

Dense

Flowery
22 How long was the speaker married?
Twenty-five years

Thirty-five years

Five years

Fifteen years
23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow?
The speaker's mother

The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's husband

The speaker's son
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Chopping down her plum tree

Going to a meadow with her husband

Mowing the lawn

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A swamp with alligators

A muddy wetland

A preserve for birdwatching

The shore of a beach

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