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