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