This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How would Dickinson best be described? A) An educator. B) A recluse. C) A scientist. D) And now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A recluse. 2. I tried to ..... the birthday present until the party. A) Conceal. B) Accomplish. C) Capacity. D) Provoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceal. 3. In "They shut me up in Prose, " the speaker compares herself to a bird in a pond. What does this comparison suggest? A) She feels trapped and silenced. B) She enjoys her captivity. C) She is at peace with her situation. D) She is free to express herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She feels trapped and silenced. 4. In line 5 of "Hope ..... ", the word "gale" means ..... A) Making no noise or sound. B) In a loud manner; loudly. C) To produce melodious sounds. D) A very strong wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A very strong wind. 5. How was Dickinson 's poetic style rebellious? A) She broke grammar rules. B) She used irregular rhyme. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 6. How does Dickenson use rhyme and rhythm? A) Dickenson uses rhyme and rhythm to give the poem a regular 'beat' or pace, making it almost lyrical. B) Dickenson uses rhyme and rhythm to create a chaotic and disorganized feel. C) Dickenson uses rhyme and rhythm to make the poem sound choppy. D) Dickenson uses rhyme and rhythm to confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dickenson uses rhyme and rhythm to give the poem a regular 'beat' or pace, making it almost lyrical. 7. Did Emily Dickinson go to her father's funeral? A) Yes. B) I don't know. C) No. D) I don't care. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No. 8. Summary of the poem A) The poem compares the celebration vs loss which were the result of an actual shipwreck which had occurred. B) The poem contrasts the celebration vs loss which were the result of an actual shipwreck which had occurred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poem contrasts the celebration vs loss which were the result of an actual shipwreck which had occurred. 9. To annoy or make angry, stir up; to do something in order to get a response. A) Apparent. B) Provoke. C) Accomplish. D) Spurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provoke. 10. Read these lines from the poem:And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. What does the word "abash" most nearly mean, based on these lines? A) To praise. B) To silence. C) To support. D) To confuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To silence. 11. If I wanted to cover up a bruise I would ..... it. A) Duplicate. B) Conceal. C) Withdraw. D) Accomplish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceal. 12. What does the poet describe as the thing with feathers? A) Life. B) Hope. C) Soul. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hope. 13. What literary devices does Emily Dickinson use in 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-'? A) Imagery, symbolism, and irony. B) Simile, flashback, oxymoron. C) Personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor, foreshadowing, alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery, symbolism, and irony. 14. What is the meaning of the word glanced? A) Brief looked, looking quickly. B) Stared. C) Watched. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brief looked, looking quickly. 15. Which of the following is Ms. Bourland's favorite Dickinson poem? A) Because I did not stop for death. B) Hope is the thing with feathers. C) I heard a fly buzz. D) There is a certain slant of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hope is the thing with feathers. 16. How does the soul react to the chariots and the emperor A) Nervous. B) Confused. C) Scared. D) Unmoved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unmoved. 17. In "Fame is a fickle food", Emily's attitude is revealed to show ..... A) She enjoys breaking the rules . B) She prefers being private . C) She yearns to be famous. D) She is sad and shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She prefers being private . 18. How does Dickinson use personification in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" ? A) The carriage ride takes her to her grave. B) Death is seen as a polite gentleman. C) The children playing represent youth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death is seen as a polite gentleman. 19. What are some examples of paradoxes related to truth in Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) The truth is always straightforward and easy to understand. B) Truth in poetry is always presented in a clear and direct manner. C) Emily Dickinson's poetry never explores the concept of truth. D) Tell all the Truth but tell it slant; The truth must dazzle gradually. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell all the Truth but tell it slant; The truth must dazzle gradually. 20. In "I heard a Fly buzz when I died", The Eyes around-had wrung them dry-means the people had been A) Staring. B) Using eyedrops. C) Blinking. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crying. 21. Emily Dickinson was alone all her life. She had no friends. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. Which words best describe nature as it is depicted in Robert Frost's poem? A) Ugly and cruel. B) Powerful and dangerous. C) Funny but odd. D) Fragile but beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragile but beautiful. 23. ..... means having or showing good judgment. A) Demur. B) Divine. C) Assent. D) Discerning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discerning. 24. In the last lines of "The Soul selects her own Society, " the simile "close the Valves of her attention-/ Like Stone-" conveys a sense of A) .b.hardness. B) C.permanence. C) D.presence. D) A.divinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C.permanence. 25. In "There is a solitude of space, " what makes "a soul admitted to itself" a "profounder" place of solitude than space, sea, or Death? Chose the best answer. A) It is something that science can not prove the existence of. B) It is limited to one person and endless in possibility. C) It does not have a form of society. D) It is the only true form of solitude, unlike the space, sea, and Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is limited to one person and endless in possibility. 26. Your teacher might use a copier to ..... an assignment. A) Accomplish. B) Spurt. C) Provoke. D) Duplicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duplicate. 27. To pull out or remove; to move back or away, retreat A) Apparent. B) Undoing. C) Withdraw. D) Vast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withdraw. 28. What is a synonym for provoke? A) To calm. B) To attack. C) Relaxed. D) Goad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goad. 29. What is the theme of "There is a solitude of space?" A) The universe is a never ending story. B) Solitude offered to the soul is one of the greatest forms of individualism. C) Anyone can achieve their dreams. D) There is no greater love than that of a mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solitude offered to the soul is one of the greatest forms of individualism. 30. To copy exactly; to produce something equal to A) Spurt. B) Provoke. C) Withdraw. D) Duplicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duplicate. 31. What is the meaning of the word cautious? A) Careful. B) Uncareful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Careful. 32. Emily Dickinson was a mysterious person and now we can only guess what she might have been really like. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. What is the theme of this poem? A) People need to work hard in order to maintain hope at all times. B) Hope is able to keep people warm even in the coldest, stormiest lands. C) Hope can survive through even the toughest times. D) Without hope, people would be much more sensible and realistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hope can survive through even the toughest times. 34. Which line from the selections is the best example of Dickinson's use of paradox? A) They put me in the Closet-/ Because they liked me "still" -(from "They shut me up in Prose-". B) How dreary-to be-Somebody! / How public-like a Frog-(from "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" ). C) A soul admitted to itself-/ Finite Infinity (from "There is a solitude of space" ). D) Fame is a fickle food / Upon a shifting plate (from "Fame is a fickle food" ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A soul admitted to itself-/ Finite Infinity (from "There is a solitude of space" ). 35. What is the rhyme scheme of the last stanza of the poem? A) Father. B) Abcb. C) Abb. D) Aabb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abb. 36. One major theme conveyed in Dickinson's poem entitled "Tell All the Truth But Tell it Slant" is A) Don't Trust People with your secret. B) Truth must be told indirectly to avoid shocking people. C) Truth must be told directly to avoid misleading people. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truth must be told indirectly to avoid shocking people. 37. Dickinson was born on December 10, ..... A) 1780. B) 1776. C) 1830. D) 1865. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1830. 38. Although living her life in isolating, Dickinson's strengths included: A) Writing in a smooth and rhythmic style. B) Excelling in school. C) Socializing and making friends. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 39. How do the Mourners make the narrator lose her sanity? A) They keep dropping. B) They keep beating a drum. C) They keep talking. D) They keep treading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They keep treading. 40. Which literary device is used in the line 'Hope is the thing with feathers'? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 41. True or False. Dickinson didn't title her poems. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. What did Emily Dickinson value? A) Individualism and Personal Space. B) Patriarchy. C) Unity and Togetherness. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individualism and Personal Space. 43. What kind of person would most likely be guilty of treason? A) Someone who encourages others to break the law. B) Someone who refuses to follow social norms. C) Someone who backs down from a challenge. D) Someone who betrays his or her country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who betrays his or her country. 44. What did Emily's first editor, Higginson, do with the poems Emily wrote? A) He burned them. B) He changed a few things throughout the poems. C) He gave them to a collaborator who added a touch of happiness. D) He did not change anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He changed a few things throughout the poems. 45. I want to ..... my name from the competition. A) Provoke. B) Apparent. C) Withdraw. D) Duplicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withdraw. 46. Emily Dickinson wrote her poems ..... A) On paper. B) In her notebook. C) Everywhere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everywhere. 47. A serious mistake might lead to one's ..... A) Capacity. B) Undoing. C) Civilian. D) Spurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undoing. 48. What is a common poetic device used by Emily Dickinson? A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Dashes. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dashes. 49. Emily Dickinson dressed all in ..... no matter what the season. A) White. B) Yellow. C) Black. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White. 50. How many stanzas does the poem Hope have? A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 51. In 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-', what is the significance of the fly in the poem? A) The fly represents the speaker's fear of insects. B) The fly symbolizes the presence of death and the interruption of the speaker's final moments. C) The fly signifies the speaker's love for nature. D) The fly is a symbol of hope and new life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fly symbolizes the presence of death and the interruption of the speaker's final moments. 52. What was the only article of clothing that survived? A) White cotton dress. B) Grey skirt. C) Tan stockings. D) Black blouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White cotton dress. 53. Which is the most creative period of Emily's poetry career? A) Pre-1861. B) 1861-1865. C) Post 1866. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1861-1865. 54. To hide or keep secret, to place out of sight A) Provoke. B) Withdraw. C) Capacity. D) Conceal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conceal. 55. "The great storm is over!" -conveys what feeling? A) A sense of reliefThe exclamation mark emphasizes that the people have something to celebrate. B) A sense of anger. C) A sense of boredom. D) A sense of fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sense of reliefThe exclamation mark emphasizes that the people have something to celebrate. 56. Having a sharpened edge; quick and sharp in thought or in sight, hearing or smell; eager A) Conceal. B) Vast. C) Spurt. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keen. 57. Which statement best explains the situation in "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-" ? A) The speaker describes the moment of death through the eyes of a fly on the wall. B) The speaker describes the moment of death, but after the speaker has already died. C) The speaker is resting on her deathbed, surrounded by loved ones. D) The speaker is imagining what her death scene might be like. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker describes the moment of death, but after the speaker has already died. 58. Open to view; easy to understand; seeming to be true or real A) Accomplish. B) Vast. C) Spurt. D) Apparent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apparent. 59. The line "Had the power to mangle me" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 60. The second thing they passed in "Because I could not stop ..... " was ..... A) A town. B) A field of grain. C) A cottage. D) A field of daisies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A field of grain. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesEmily Dickinson Quiz 1Emily Dickinson Quiz 2Emily Dickinson Quiz 3Emily Dickinson Quiz 4Emily Dickinson Quiz 6Emily Dickinson Quiz 7Emily Dickinson Quiz 8Emily Dickinson Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books