1 What is the tone of the poem? Happy and upbeat Straightforward and regretful Dark and moody Cynical and sharp 2 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? The icebox The kitchen sink Oranges Apples 3 What style was Williams seeking to imitate? Gary Snyder's poems about the North Cascades mountain range Shakespeare's love sonnets Bashō's haikus about autumn A note left on the kitchen counter by his wife 4 What is a major stylistic feature of the poem? A prominent inclusion of dashes Complex metaphors The use of enjambment Elaborate wordplay 5 How many stanzas does the poem have? Six Eighteen Four Three 6 What do plums represent in the poem? Farm labor Religious guilt The speaker's love for his wife Everyday pleasures 7 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "so sweet" "you were probably" "and which" "I have eaten" 8 What is the genre of the poem? Imagist poetry War epic Erasure poetry Pastoral poetry 9 What is the poem's setting? The speaker's farm An orchard The speaker's kitchen A doctor's office 10 What is the poem's form and meter? The poem is a haiku. The poem is a sonnet. The poem is written in free verse. The poem is a villanelle. 11 What fruit does the speaker guiltily consume? Peaches Pears Apples Plums 12 What does the word "icebox" refer to? It is an older term for refrigerator. It refers to an ice chest. It is a colloquial term for a meat locker. It refers to an ice skating rink. 13 What is the poem's main conflict? The speaker's inability to cook The speaker's struggle to not eat apples The speaker's guilt over eating plums The speaker's marital struggles 14 When does the poem's climax occur? In the first stanza In the second stanza Before the poem has begun In the third stanza 15 What role does understatement play in the poem? The speaker confesses his consumption of the plums like a crime The speaker describes the icebox like a vast arctic tundra The speaker imagines his wife's anger like a tidal wave The speaker compares his consumption of the plums to a buglarly 16 What type of stanza does the poem have? Quintains Octaves Quatrains Monostiches 17 What is a recurring motif in the poem? Frustration Happiness Envy Regret 18 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Taste Communication Guilt Time 19 When was the poem published? 1933 1983 1938 1988 20 Which of the following poets also used enjambment prominently in their work? Billy Collins All of the following Tony Hoagland Jennifer O'Grady 21 Which of the following words does the speaker NOT use to describe the taste of the plums? Saccharine Cold Delicious Sweet 22 Why does the speaker end with a description of the plums' taste? To show the lingering memory it left behind To highlight his lack of enjoyment of them To reveal that he feels no guilt To describe their unremarkable flavor 23 What is the title of Tony Hoagland's poem about space travel? "Booster Rockets" "Rocket Fuel" "Lift Off" "Jet" 24 In her poem "Moths," what does Jennifer O'Grady depict? A mother–daughter relationship Moths emerging from cocoons The speaker's fear of the dark Moths fluttering around a back-porch lightbulb 25 Which term best characterizes the style of the poem? Direct Mysterious Opaque Baroque