This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Emily Dickinson was born December 10, ..... A) 1856. B) 1888. C) 1900. D) 1830. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1830. 2. What punctuation mark does the poem end with? A) Full stop. B) Question mark. C) Dash. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dash. 3. Who would be guilty of treason? A) A person selling state's secrets. B) A person being arrested for speeding. C) A person firing an employee for sleeping on the job. D) A person following all the laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person selling state's secrets. 4. "When night is almost done, /And sunrise grows so near /That we can touch the spaces, /It's time to smooth the hair" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 5. Meaning of Angleworm A) An angel. B) A worm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A worm. 6. To think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess. A) Tippet. B) Quiver. C) Haste. D) Surmise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surmise. 7. We could only ..... what had happened. A) Gossamer. B) Surmise. C) Tippet. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surmise. 8. What is the theme of Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Space exploration. B) Death, nature, love, and the human experience. C) Computer programming. D) Cooking recipes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death, nature, love, and the human experience. 9. What poet did you just learn about today? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Walt Whitman. C) Emily Le. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emily Dickinson. 10. "I heard a fly buzz" is about ..... A) Not witnessing God at death. B) An annoying sound. C) Being visited by the soul of one's father. D) Feelings about flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not witnessing God at death. 11. In "Hope ..... ". what does the author mean by the line, "sings a tune without words" ? A) Hope does not need to be stated to be felt. B) It's difficult for people to express whether they feel hopeful. C) People are usually unable to understand the feeling of hope. D) People who are hopeful are also forgetful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hope does not need to be stated to be felt. 12. In "The Soul selects her own Society- ", what does the author close? A) Valves. B) Cabinets. C) Doors. D) Boxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valves. 13. A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire: A) Prince. B) Emperor. C) Monarch. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emperor. 14. How does Emily Dickinson's use of language contribute to the theme of truth in her poetry? A) Her use of vivid imagery, metaphor, and symbolism. B) Her use of humor and satire. C) Her use of simple and straightforward language. D) Her use of dialogue and monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her use of vivid imagery, metaphor, and symbolism. 15. Finish the line: "How public, like a (blank) A) Frog. B) Child. C) Name. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frog. 16. Which word best completes this sentence?If your friend spends the day frowning, grumbling, and overreacting to minor inconveniences, you can ..... that they are angry or stressed. A) Allude. B) Realize. C) Surmise. D) Damn it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surmise. 17. In "They shut me up in Prose-, " what does the speaker compare to being shut up "in Prose" ? A) Being put into a closet as a little girl. B) Telling a young girl to wish on a star. C) Teaching a little bird to recite poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being put into a closet as a little girl. 18. When was Emily Dickinson born? A) March 20, 1820. B) October 30, 2001. C) March 15, 1886. D) December 10, 1830. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) December 10, 1830. 19. During her life, A) She was able to publish all her 1700 poems. B) She didn't publish anything. C) Some of her works were published, though only very few of them in the Amherst student literary magazine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some of her works were published, though only very few of them in the Amherst student literary magazine. 20. Who are mourners? A) People who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person. B) People who visits family and friends. C) People who do the funeral ceremony. D) The family of the deal person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person. 21. What do you mean by stir? A) Working. B) To move in order to mix something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move in order to mix something. 22. The root word bath means "deep." Which definition best matches the word bathysphere? A) A round chamber for exploring outer space. B) A round chamber for exploring the ocean. C) A Roman building with columns. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A round chamber for exploring the ocean. 23. In "Much Madness is divinest Sense, " the word Chain connotes A) Insanity. B) Restraint. C) Sense. D) Danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restraint. 24. What is the meaning of "society" in "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" ? A) Politicians. B) Religious people. C) Loved Friends. D) Death people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loved Friends. 25. In which century did Emily Dickinson live? A) 19th. B) 18th. C) 21 st. D) 20th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th. 26. What do the crows represent in "Fame ..... "? A) The crows represent people examining fame and flying away from it. B) The crows inspect and judge those with fame. C) Crows point out the irony of wanting fame when fame is not always a good thing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. What did the color white symbolize for Dickinson? A) Innocence. B) Passion and intensity. C) Purity. D) Ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passion and intensity. 28. Read these lines from the poem And sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea; yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. What does "it" refer to in the last line? A) The little bird. B) The storm. C) The chillest land. D) The strangest sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The little bird. 29. How did appreciation for Emily Dickinson's poetic genius change after the Johnson edition? A) It declined. B) It blossomed. C) It became controversial. D) It remained the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It blossomed. 30. The soul can only be an enemy A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 31. Analyze these lines from "Fame is a fickle food" and determine which is the closest to the main idea that crows flap past the "fickle food" of fame? A) Fame is toxicc. B) Fame is so much fun. C) Fame is not affordable. D) Fame is worth saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fame is toxicc. 32. How does 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-' differ from other poems by Emily Dickinson? A) It is written in a different language. B) It is a love poem with a positive tone. C) It focuses on the moment of death and the presence of a fly as a symbol of interruption and disruption. D) It is a long narrative poem with multiple characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It focuses on the moment of death and the presence of a fly as a symbol of interruption and disruption. 33. Which word rhymes with phone? A) Home. B) Cone. C) Balloon. D) Spoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cone. 34. In lines 5-8 of "Because I could not stop for Death, " Dickinson writes, "We slowly drove-He knew no haste / And I had put away / My labor and my leisure too, / For His Civility." Here her tone conveys an image of death as A) Eternal. B) Peaceful. C) Dull. D) Tragic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peaceful. 35. What is Dickinson's main idea in "The Soul selects her own Society ..... ?" A) The soul is vulnerable to influence from others. B) The soul can not be persuaded with wordly riches or the promise of power. C) The soul can be determined and selective about the company it accepts. D) The soul can be very cruel and judgmental toward the rest of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The soul can be determined and selective about the company it accepts. 36. Lines 9-12 of "Because I could not stop for Death" present images of schoolchildren, fields of grain, and a sunset to suggest the A) Progression from childhood to ripeness to death. B) Passage into the darkness of eternity and then on to immortality. C) Interdependence of sunlight, food crops, and children. D) Relativity of time and its incessant passage toward eternity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progression from childhood to ripeness to death. 37. How did early editors, including Thomas Wentworth Higginson, change Emily Dickinson's verse? A) Added more dashes. B) Diminished its power by making it more conventional. C) Expanded the use of capitalization. D) Published it without permission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diminished its power by making it more conventional. 38. What was restored in the Johnson edition of Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Original publication dates. B) Original elements, including dashes and capital letters. C) Illustrations. D) Annotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Original elements, including dashes and capital letters. 39. In "I heard a fly buzz, " the fly represents ..... A) Disappointment at not seeing God at death. B) Amazement at hearing well. C) Windows being left open. D) Annoyance with deathbed visitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappointment at not seeing God at death. 40. What are the characteristics of a poem? A) Plot, character, setting, conflict. B) Prose, stanza, verse, meter. C) Rhyme, rhythm, imagery, and figurative language. D) Dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme, rhythm, imagery, and figurative language. 41. The condition of being imprisoned or confined A) Treason. B) Imperial. C) Captivity. D) Sovereign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captivity. 42. Which type of rhyme is featured below:"You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." A) Slant rhyme. B) Exact rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slant rhyme. 43. When sounds are similar but not identical we call this A) Perfect rhyme. B) Slant rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slant rhyme. 44. In line 8 "that kept so many warm" is most likely a metaphor for ..... A) The need for being sheltered during a storm. B) How hope can provide comfort. C) A beautiful song. D) Why feathers are important to birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How hope can provide comfort. 45. Select an element of structure that contributes to the meaning of the poem. A) Shift in mood to increase the excitement of the poem. . B) Repetition to emphasize the theme of the text. C) Short lines that mirror the short-lived escape attempts. D) External conflict that the speaker must overcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short lines that mirror the short-lived escape attempts. 46. Which of the following is an example of figurative language in the poem? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 47. True or False. Dickinson never married. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. In Tell the truth but tell it slant what is the simile in the following lines?:Too bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind- A) Telling the truth is being compared to how we explain lightning to children. B) Telling a lie is being compared to explanations. C) Telling the truth is being compared to deer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telling the truth is being compared to how we explain lightning to children. 49. In which poem does Emily Dickinson explore the idea of truth in a slant manner? A) Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-. B) Honesty in the Shadows. C) Tell the Truth directly. D) Truthful Lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-. 50. What is the full name of the poet? A) John Smith. B) Michael Brown. C) Emily Johnson. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 51. The speaker of "I'm Nobody" most values A) Privacy. B) Frogs. C) Money. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Privacy. 52. How many stanzas does "I'm Nobody" have? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 53. What poetic device is used in the line 'The fog comes on little cat feet'? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 54. When did she die? A) 1880. B) 1886. C) 1895. D) 1885. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1886. 55. What punctuation mark emphasizes the joyful mood in stanza 1? A) Exclamation mark. B) Full stop. C) Dash. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation mark. 56. The ..... of one's brain depends on how much they want it to hold. A) Undoing. B) Capacity. C) Withdraw. D) Vast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capacity. 57. The meaning behind the poem "They shut me up in Prose" A) The connection of the soul to itself. B) Being a woman in the 18/19th century being put down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being a woman in the 18/19th century being put down. 58. In line 4 of "I'M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?" what does advertise mean? A) Commercialize. B) To publicize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To publicize. 59. What best summarizes the theme of "Tell the Truth but Tell It Slant" ? A) When you tell the truth, make sure you say it carefully because if you say it too bluntly or all at once the person might not believe it or it might hurt them. B) Never tell the truth. C) Always lie so you don't hurt anyone's feelings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you tell the truth, make sure you say it carefully because if you say it too bluntly or all at once the person might not believe it or it might hurt them. 60. What did Emily want her sister to do with her poems after she left this world? A) She wanted them burned. B) She wanted them published in an unabridged text. C) She wanted them sent to the publisher, Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 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