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This test consists of 10 multiple choice questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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