View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 5 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the chickens?
(a) Damp.
(b) White.
(c) Spotted.
(d) Young.

2. Who is the author of "The Red Wheelbarrow"?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

3. How are the lines of the poem arranged?
(a) Couplets.
(b) Tercets.
(c) Quatrains.
(d) Monostichs.

4. Which of the following describes the rhythm of the poem?
(a) Blank verse.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Ballad meter.
(d) Iambic trimeter.

5. According to the poem, what "depends" on the red wheelbarrow?
(a) Something important but unspecified.
(b) The farmer who owns it.
(c) The speaker's future happiness.
(d) The creatures that inhabit the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sentences does the poem contain?

2. What similarity is shared by every second line of the poem?

3. According to line 7, where are the chickens located relative to the wheelbarrow?

4. In line 5, which word is used to describe the rainwater on the wheelbarrow?

5. How many lines does "The Red Wheelbarrow" have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the diction of this poem.

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of this poem's setting, and why?

3. What are the images presented in this poem?

4. What is the surface meaning of this poem?

5. Describe the poem's form.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 379 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample