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