This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Most of Emily Dickinson's poems were discovered after her death and were untitled. In addition to being numbered, how are her poems now identified? A) By the subject of the poem. B) By the first line of the poem. C) By whichever line is most repeated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the first line of the poem. 2. What is a synonym of withdraw? A) To deposit. B) Depart. C) Enter. D) To attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depart. 3. In which of the stanzas the rhyme was ABAB? A) In the second oneheard-Bird, storm-warm. B) In the third one Land-Sea-Extremity-Of me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the second oneheard-Bird, storm-warm. 4. What is the antonym of vast? A) Huge. B) Enormous. C) Narrow. D) Spacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrow. 5. Emily's poems were wildly famous during her lifetime A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. How did Emily Dickinson mainly communicate with friends and family? A) Social media. B) In-person meetings. C) Through letters. D) Phone calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through letters. 7. Dickinson was a very social creature in her teens and continued being active socially through her life. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. The root word chron in synchronize means "time." Which definition best matches the word anachronism? A) Expensive. B) An event that occurs without any warning. C) An item that is out of its time period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An item that is out of its time period. 9. The underlying message or point the poet wants to reader to take away A) Theme. B) Dash. C) Simile. D) Slant rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 10. What do her poems have a lot to say about? A) The relationship between death and life. B) Between faith and doubt. C) Between power of God and individuals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. The line "I dared not meet the Daffodils / For fear their Yellow Gown" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. What was her father's profession? A) Congressman. B) Teacher. C) Horse trainer. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Congressman. 13. Read the lines from, "Two Things I Have Lost With Childhood":But is that all I have lost ..... memory drapes her Lips. what is not an example of whose Lips is memory draping? A) Death. B) Nature. C) Mother. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother. 14. What is the central paradox presented in "I Am Nobody! Who are you?" ? A) The idea that a person can be nobody. B) The idea that no one likes to be considered a nobody. C) The idea that a frog makes noise in a swamp. D) The idea that some people like to advertise themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The idea that a person can be nobody. 15. What is the rhyme scheme of Emily Dickinson's poems? A) Emily Dickinson's poems do not have a rhyme scheme. B) The rhyme scheme of Emily Dickinson's poems varies. C) The rhyme scheme of Emily Dickinson's poems is ABAB. D) The rhyme scheme of Emily Dickinson's poems is AABB. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rhyme scheme of Emily Dickinson's poems varies. 16. In the final line of "Fame ..... ", what does "it" refer to? A) The crumbs. B) The fame. C) The food. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. Emily Dickinson uses the rhyme door/more, is this rhyme an exact rhyme or slant rhyme? A) Slant Rhyme. B) Exact Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exact Rhyme. 18. Emily Dickinson had a great ..... for learning. A) Accomplish. B) Capacity. C) Spurt. D) Apparent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capacity. 19. "Because I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me."What literary device does this line use? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. What is the figurative meaning of 'Hope is the thing with feathers'? A) Hope is a bird that can be caught and caged. B) Hope is a fragile and delicate thing. C) Hope is a feeling that can fly away easily. D) Hope is like a bird that sings in the soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hope is like a bird that sings in the soul. 21. How many poems were published DURING Dickinson's lifetime? A) 7. B) 350. C) 1755. D) 5500. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 22. What does 'Hope' represent in this poem? A) Love. B) The difficulties. C) Life. D) The Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Bird. 23. True or False:It was Emily Dickinson's intention to publish her poetry. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Which would be an association of a sovereign? A) A high school graduation. B) A King's coronation. C) A wedding ceremony. D) A court proceeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A King's coronation. 25. Highlight important words and to break up the rhythm of her poems A) Irregular Capitalization and Inverted Syntax. B) Unconventional Figurative Language. C) Inventive Punctuation and Sentence Structures. D) Slant Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inventive Punctuation and Sentence Structures. 26. How did Emily Dickinson's poetry challenge traditional literary conventions? A) By following traditional poetic structures and forms. B) By using simple and straightforward language. C) By avoiding themes of death, immortality, and nature. D) By using unconventional punctuation, capitalization, and syntax, as well as exploring themes of death, immortality, and nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By using unconventional punctuation, capitalization, and syntax, as well as exploring themes of death, immortality, and nature. 27. What does the poet use to symbolize hope in "Hope ..... "? A) A storm. B) A bird. C) A chicken. D) A strong wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bird. 28. What is the impact of 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-' on the reader? A) Elicits a sense of calm and peace. B) Fills the reader with joy and excitement. C) Creates a sense of unease and anticipation of death. D) Leaves the reader feeling indifferent and unaffected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates a sense of unease and anticipation of death. 29. How does 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-' reflect Dickinson's view on death? A) It reflects Dickinson's view on death as a natural and inevitable part of life. B) It reflects Dickinson's view on death as a temporary and reversible state. C) It reflects Dickinson's view on death as a joyful and celebratory event. D) It reflects Dickinson's view on death as a punishment for wrongdoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It reflects Dickinson's view on death as a natural and inevitable part of life. 30. What did Emily Dickinson leave instructions for regarding her poems? A) Publish them all. B) Destroy them. C) Share them with her family. D) Donate them to a library. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destroy them. 31. In "Because I could not stop ..... ", in addition to death and the speaker, who else was on board? A) God. B) The Devil. C) Immortality. D) Lost souls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immortality. 32. "Then a silence suffuses the story, " What sound device is used here? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 33. Which literary poetic device is most prominently used in the poem "Fame is a fickle food" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 34. In her poem "The Soul Selects its own society", if important people came by Emily would probably refuse to see them. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. What is the central image in "Because I could not stop for death" ? A) The children playing. B) A carriage ride. C) The setting sun. D) The horses' heads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A carriage ride. 36. In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death, " the "house" the carriage stops in front of is actually: A) A grave. B) Where another passenger lives. C) The school yard. D) Her childhood home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A grave. 37. How many poems did Emily Dickinson write? A) One thousand. B) Nearly two thousand. C) Three thousand. D) Four thousand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nearly two thousand. 38. "Heavenly Hurt, it gives us-"What technique(s) can be found in this line? A) Simile and hyperbole. B) Metaphor and oxymoron. C) Alliteration and oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration and oxymoron. 39. According to "Much Madness is divinest Sense, " people are "handled with a Chain" when they A) Prevail over the majority. B) Become part of the majority. C) Think independently. D) Pose a danger to themselves and others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Think independently. 40. The poet develops a metaphor of hope as a bird perching in the soul to- A) Indicate that hope resides within a person. B) Describe how hope lifts spirits. C) Emphasize the erratic nature of hope. D) Imply that hope is unattainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicate that hope resides within a person. 41. Emily Dickinson is described as energetic and intense. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. The first two stanzas focus? A) The first two stanzas focus on the weather conditions during the incident. B) The first two stanzas focus on the positive news of the survival of four people. C) The first two stanzas focus on the political situation in the country. D) The first two stanzas focus on the negative news of the survival of four people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first two stanzas focus on the positive news of the survival of four people. 43. Identify the poetic device used in the line 'Hope is the thing with feathers' from the poem. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 44. During her lifetime, Emily had ..... of her poems published anonymously. A) 0. B) 10. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 45. Giving of human qualities to an object or animal A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 46. Person who is not part of the military A) Spurt. B) Capacity. C) Civilian. D) Undoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civilian. 47. What effect does the repetition of the word 'never' have in the poem? A) It emphasizes the idea of permanence or eternal absence. B) It creates a sense of hope and optimism. C) It highlights the theme of change and transformation. D) It suggests a temporary absence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It emphasizes the idea of permanence or eternal absence. 48. A concrete noun can be defined as ..... A) A noun that refers to a verb or action. B) A noun that represents ideas, concepts, qualities, or states. C) A noun that refers to a physical object or substance that can be perceived by the senses. D) A noun that refers to a person, place, or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A noun that refers to a physical object or substance that can be perceived by the senses. 49. The Pacific Ocean is a ..... body of water. A) Vast. B) Duplicate. C) Spurt. D) Provoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vast. 50. "How dreary is it to be somebody" means ..... A) It's boring being like everyone else. B) It's fun to go against society. C) It's unusual it is to not be married. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's boring being like everyone else. 51. What does ambiguous mean? A) Easy to understand. B) Blunt and to the point. C) Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning. D) Not leaving the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning. 52. For the speaker, the robin and the daffodils have which of the following in common? A) The power to intoxicate. B) A clear and useful purpose. C) A sense of timeliness and peace. D) The power to wound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The power to wound. 53. How do the speakers' attitude towards public attention in the poems "Fame is a fickle food" and "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" reflect what we know about Dickinson's life? A) They reflect Dickinson's reclusive habits. B) They reflect Dickinson's outgoing personality. C) They reflect Dickinson's desire for fame as a writer. D) They reflect Dickinson's loneliness and desire for attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They reflect Dickinson's reclusive habits. 54. How can the speakers tone best be described? A) Calm and measured. B) Angry and bitter. C) Energetic and curious. D) Frantic and frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calm and measured. 55. What is the correct definition of keen? A) Have a sharp edge. B) Dull. C) To annoy. D) Very large. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have a sharp edge. 56. The poet most likely capitalized Majority and All in "Much Madness is divinest Sense ..... " to emphasize the A) Total power of the majority. B) Gap between sanity and madness. C) Size of a city's population. D) Foolishness of the minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Total power of the majority. 57. Which of the following poems is written by Emily Dickinson? A) The Waste Land. B) Ode to a Nightingale. C) The Raven. D) Hope is the thing with feathers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hope is the thing with feathers. 58. Emily Dickinson was aware that her poetry was well-known and published all around the world. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. The last two stanzas focus? A) The last two stanzas focus on the grief of the loss of 40 lives. B) The last two stanzas focus on the history of the town. C) The last two stanzas focus on the weather and nature. D) The last two stanzas focus on the celebration of life and joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The last two stanzas focus on the grief of the loss of 40 lives. 60. Which subtopic is not related to Emily Dickinson? A) The influence of Emily Dickinson on contemporary poetry. B) The themes and motifs in Emily Dickinson's poetry. C) The historical context of Emily Dickinson's life. D) The impact of Emily Dickinson on modern technology. 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