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