Between Walls Quizzes

Between Walls Quiz

1 What is the poem's setting?
A forest

A junkyard

The streets of Rutherford, New Jersey

The back wings of a hospital
2 Where did William Carlos Williams study medicine?
Harvard

The University of Pennsylvania

Princeton

Yale
3 What object is glittering in the poem?
A mirror

A window

A diamond

A broken glass bottle
4 How long is the poem?
Five stanzas

Two stanzas

Three stanzas

Ten stanzas
5 Outside of writing, what was Williams's primary occupation?
Doctor

Banker

Electrician

Lawyer
6 What color is the bottle in the poem?
Green

Blue

Orange

Red
7 When was the poem published?
1938

1963

1930

1983
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
Shards of glass

The hospital

Cinders

Concrete walls
9 How is the setting characterized in the text?
As a secret garden

As a bustling communal area

As a place with no natural light

As a place where nothing can grow
10 What literary device does Williams use throughout the poem?
Metonymy

Extended metaphor

Allegory

Enjambment
11 What literary movement was Williams associated with?
Futurism

Romanticism

Social Realism

Imagism
12 What does the poem NOT feature?

Industrial imagery

Punctuation
13 What type of stanzas does the poem have?
Couplets

Monostiches

Quatrains

Quatrains
14 What is the meaning of the word "cinders" in the poem?
Logs on a fire

The bottom of a chimney

Partially burnt coal or wood

A piling of woodchips
15 What is a primary theme of the poem?
The progress of industry

The mundanity of medical work

The politics of poetry

The possibility of beauty in unexpected places
16 How did Williams view his work as doctor?
As daily drudgery

As an unremarkable day job

As providing key insight into the human condition

As a distraction from his writing
17 What is the form of the poem?
Sonnet

Haiku

Free verse

Villanelle
18 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Dark and sinister

Bombastic and verbose

Cheery and warm

Understated and sharp
19 What do cinders symbolize in the poem?
Danger

Love

Endurance

Lifelessness
20 Why does Williams choose such a bleak setting for the poem?
To highlight the possibility of discovering beauty in unexpected places

To characterize the hospital in which he worked

To underscore the frustrations of his professional life

To capture the dullness of a doctor's life
21 What word does Williams use to describe the broken glass?
"Shine"

"Radiate"

"Reflect"

"Glow"
22 Where did Williams practice medicine for most of his career?
Chicago

Rutherford

New York

Boston
23 What literary activity did Williams often engage in during work?
Reciting famous poems to patients

Workshopping pieces with other doctors at the office

Writing poems on scraps of paper

Reading novels during his lunch break
24 What did Williams value most in style?
Directly communicating imagery

Elaborate wordplay

Building a rhyme scheme

Making deft use of metaphor
25 How many lines are in the poem?
Two

Twenty

Twelve

Ten

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