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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 5 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many lines does "The Red Wheelbarrow" have?
2. What adjective is used to describe the chickens?
3. What similarity is shared by every second line of the poem?
4. According to the poem, what "depends" on the red wheelbarrow?
5. How many sentences does the poem contain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the images presented in this poem?
2. Describe the poem's form.
3. Describe the diction of this poem.
4. What is the surface meaning of this poem?
5. What is the most reasonable interpretation of this poem's setting, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read William Carlos Williams's poem "Between Walls." Write an essay that compares and contrasts the way Williams uses enjambment in this poem with the way he uses it in "The Red Wheelbarrow." Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from both poems to support your claims, and be sure to cite your evidence in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that compares and contrasts "The Red Wheelbarrow" with "Peace on Earth." Consider both subject matter and technical choices such as form, diction, punctuation and syntax, tone, and figurative language as you show which elements these poems have in common and where they differ. Focus your essay on explication, rather than analysis--that is, you may simply note the similarities and differences and point out how these create different effects on the reader without having to make an argument about the two poems' meanings. Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from both poems, and be sure to cite your evidence in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
How does the juxtaposition of the wheelbarrow, the rainwater, and the chickens create meaning in "The Red Wheelbarrow"? Write an essay that takes and defends a position about the meaning of the combination of these three images. Support your argument with evidence drawn from the poem, and be sure to cite any quoted evidence in MLA format.
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