- 1. When was William Carlos Williams born?
A) 1925
B) 1883
C) 1901
D) 1850
- 2. In which city was William Carlos Williams born?
A) Baltimore, Maryland
B) Manhattan, New York
C) Rutherford, New Jersey
D) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 3. What was William Carlos Williams' profession besides being a poet?
A) Physician
B) Lawyer
C) Engineer
D) Musician
- 4. Which famous poem by William Carlos Williams features the line 'so much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow'?
A) The Great Figure
B) Spring and All
C) The Red Wheelbarrow
D) This Is Just To Say
- 5. Which famous modernist poet was a friend of William Carlos Williams and influenced his work?
A) Wallace Stevens
B) Ezra Pound
C) T.S. Eliot
D) Robert Frost
- 6. What poetic movement did William Carlos Williams help to establish along with Ezra Pound and others?
A) Dadaism
B) Imagism
C) Surrealism
D) Romanticism
- 7. What is the title of the collection of poems by William Carlos Williams that contains 'The Red Wheelbarrow'?
A) Stevens' Collected Poems
B) The Waste Land
C) Spring and All
D) Leaves of Grass
- 8. William Carlos Williams was known for his experimentation with which form of poetry?
A) Free Verse
B) Villanelle
C) Sestina
D) Epic Poetry
- 9. Which poetic form is known for its brevity and played a significant role in William Carlos Williams' poetry?
A) Haiku
B) Sonnet
C) Ballad
D) Ode
- 10. What is the title of William Carlos Williams' epic five-volume poem?
A) The Desert Music
B) Spring and All
C) Paterson
D) Pictures from Brueghel
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