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Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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