1 When was the poem published? 1921 1912 1931 1964 2 How long is the poem? 29 lines 25 lines 15 lines 32 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Coping Natural beauty Loss Rebirth 4 Where is the poem set? In a forest In a field of flowers In a meadow In the speaker's backyard 5 Who is the speaker? A dying man A plum tree A recently widowed woman A man who has lost his father 6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness? Because she prefers autumn Because she didn't have time to plant her garden Because she gets terrible allergies Because it reminds her of her husband 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? An apple orchard Grass White flowers Plum tree 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? Imagism Impressionism Surrealism 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 remembers her husband When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard 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 Spring Winter Summer 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "load the cherry branches" "and fall into those flowers" "The plumtree is white today" "Sorrow is my own yard" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Autumn Spring Summer Winter 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Extended metaphor Unconventional capitalization Anaphora Enjambment 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 grace of nature The speaker's acceptance of circumstance The speaker's grief The memories of the speaker's happy marriage 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? Dense Indulgent Direct Flowery 22 How long was the speaker married? Fifteen years Five years Twenty-five years Thirty-five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's husband The speaker's neighbor The speaker's son 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 Chopping down her plum tree Mowing the lawn 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? The shore of a beach A preserve for birdwatching A swamp with alligators A muddy wetland
