Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quizzes

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Quiz

1 What painter does Williams reference in the poem?
Hieronymus Bosch

Vincent Van Gogh

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Johannes Vermeer
2 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Rhyming couplets

Octaves

Monostiches

Tercets
3 What is the main subject matter of the poem?
The farmer

Springtime

Dutch Renaissance painting

Icarus
4 To which mythic figure does the poem make reference?
Aphrodite

Icarus

Zeus

Arachne
5 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Fourteen

Four

Seven

Twenty one
6 Bruegel was known for his depictions of what?
Dreams

Scenes of peasant life

Seascapes

Greek mythology
7 What is the poem's central theme?
War

Hubris

Perspective

Visual art
8 What is the poem's genre?
Love sonnet

War epic

Ekphrasis

Aubade
9 What is ekphrasis?
A written description of a work of art

A depiction of a battle scene

A written description of a work of art

A wrriten work with religious overtones
10 What movement was William Carlos Williams associated with?
Postmodernism

Confessional poetry

Transcendentalist

Imagism
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABB

ABCB

It doesn't have one

ABBA
12 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"off the coast"

"the wings' wax"

"the whole pageantry"

"awake tingling"
13 When was the poem published?
1960

1967

1976

1956
14 Which of the following lines contains understatement?
"a farmer was ploughing"

"a splash quite unnoticed"

"the edge of the sea"

"sweating in the sun"
15 When does the poem take place?
During spring

During fall

During summer

During winter
16 Which of the following was another famous work by Bruegel?
Netherlandish Proverbs

The Astronomer

The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Night Café
17 What is the climax of the poem?
Icarus drowning

The farmer tilling his field

Icarus's wings melting

Bruegel painting this piece
18 What technique does Williams use often throughout the poem?
Anaphora

Unconventional alignment

Slant rhyme

Enjambment
19 What is absent from the poem?
Pastoral imagery

Punctuation

The sun

Descriptions of labor
20 What does the farmer represent in the poem?
The difficulties of rural labor

The importance of poetry

The stories of everyday people

Fear of the ocean
21 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Urban decay

Everyday life

Perspective

Art
22 What is radical about both Williams's poem and Bruegel's painting?
Their mocking depiction of the ruling class

Their incorporation of surreal imagery

Their centering of ordinary classes of people

Their use of blank space
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Dramatic and intense

Elegant and cold

Lighthearted and wry

Somber and dark
24 Which of the following words in the poem is onomatopoeic?
Drowning

Sea

Splash

Fell
25 Who gave Icarus his wings?
Daedalus

Ares

Aphrodite

Hera

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