This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "It's like the light-/ A fashionless delight" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 2. Emily Dickinson's sister's name was ..... A) Vincenza. B) Lucy. C) Lavinia. D) The lichens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lavinia. 3. Flout A) To mention or suggest. B) Out of date, very old-fashioned, ancient. C) Dull, lacking in originality. D) To actively go against conventional beliefs or behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To actively go against conventional beliefs or behavior. 4. The narrator in "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" is: A) Told by someone who witnessed another's death. B) A person who has passed away and is explaining their last moments. C) Explained from the vantage point of the fly. D) Emily Dickinson predicting what will happen when she dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who has passed away and is explaining their last moments. 5. What is the theme of "Hope is the thing with feathers? 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. 6. In "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Why did the speaker avoid being a somebody A) Because its nerve-wrecking. B) Believes its dreary. C) Because its unnecessary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believes its dreary. 7. What did the Bird never ask in return? A) Love. B) A Crumb. C) Coins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Crumb. 8. What paradox can be inferred from these lines in "The Soul unto itself?":"The Soul unto itselfIs an imperial friend ..... Or the most agonizing Spy ..... An Enemy ..... could sent ..... " A) The Soul is should not be trusted. B) The Soul is a powerful protective force. C) The Soul is both empowering and hurtful. D) The Soul is controlling and intolerant of challenges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Soul is both empowering and hurtful. 9. In "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" what does the speaker compare to a frog? A) Someone who enjoys being noticed. B) Someone who is hiding from the world. C) Someone who feels inferior to others. D) Someone who disturbs the speaker's solitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who enjoys being noticed. 10. What time period was she alive? A) 1800s. B) 1750s. C) 1600s. D) 1900s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1800s. 11. In "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" the poet uses the phrase "shuts the door." Which of the following most accurately explains this phrase? A) The soul closes the door after people leave her. B) The soul physically shuts the door. C) The soul shuts the door to all others after choosing what she wants. D) The soul is reclusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The soul shuts the door to all others after choosing what she wants. 12. The way death is portrayed in "Because I could not stop for Death" is ironic because Death is seen as ..... A) Scary. B) Comforting. C) Avoidable. D) Unattractive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comforting. 13. The central opposition of the poem is between A) The birds and the flowers. B) God and nature. C) Childhood and adulthood. D) The speaker and spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker and spring. 14. ..... means to raise doubts or objections or show reluctance. A) Assent. B) Demur. C) Prevail. D) Discerning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demur. 15. Who were Emily Dickinson's closest family members? A) Her grandparents and cousins. B) Her aunts and uncles. C) Her childhood friends. D) Her parents, Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson, and her siblings, Lavinia and Austin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her parents, Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson, and her siblings, Lavinia and Austin. 16. In "Hope ..... ", the poet uses line 9, "That kept so many warm" to show that ..... A) Hope gives many people comfort. B) Hope is warm. C) Hope is good for nothing. D) Hope is something people should rely on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hope gives many people comfort. 17. Urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush. A) Cornice. B) Haste. C) Quiver. D) TIppet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haste. 18. In "Because I could not stop for death, " ..... represent stages of life. A) The carriage, the children at school, and the ground. B) The children at school, the fields of grain, and the setting sun. C) The Gossamer, gown, and Tulle. D) The house, the roof, and the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children at school, the fields of grain, and the setting sun. 19. Which of the following pairs of words is a near rhyme? A) Winds & port. B) Port & chart. C) Winds & compass. D) Sea & thee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Port & chart. 20. How does the poet organize ideas in this poem? A) The poet organizes ideas in paired lines of 3 syllables each. B) The poet organizes ideas in stanzas of four lines each. C) The poet organizes ideas by gradually decreasing the number of beats in each line throughout the poem. D) The poet organizes ideas by gradually increasing the number of beats in each line throughout the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poet organizes ideas in stanzas of four lines each. 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