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This test consists of 10 multiple choice questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to line 7, where are the chickens located relative to the wheelbarrow?
(a) Beside.
(b) Near.
(c) Astride.
(d) Below.

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

3. How many sentences does the poem contain?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

5. How many lines does "The Red Wheelbarrow" have?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

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

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

8. In line 5, which word is used to describe the rainwater on the wheelbarrow?
(a) Glazed.
(b) Wet.
(c) Dappled.
(d) Slick.

9. What similarity is shared by every second line of the poem?
(a) They all rhyme with one another.
(b) They all are one word long.
(c) They all contain a single syllable.
(d) They all begin with the letter "b."

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

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