This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word most closely matches this definition:magnificent or majestic A) Imperial. B) Emperor. C) Sovereign. D) Treason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperial. 2. Yo, what's the main riddle in the verse, "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" A) The concept that one can be a nobody. B) The thought of a frog making noise in a swamp. C) The notion that some folks like to show off. D) The idea that no one digs being seen as a nobody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The concept that one can be a nobody. 3. Which author's poetry focused more on isolation and death? A) Walt Whitman. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 4. What is the impact of 'Hope is the thing with feathers' on readers? A) It instills a sense of fear and despair. B) It evokes a sense of hope and resilience. C) It has no impact on readers. D) It promotes indifference and apathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It evokes a sense of hope and resilience. 5. The word solitude, which means "the state of being alone, " comes from the Latin word solus, which means "alone." Which of these words most likely has a derivation similar to that of solitary? Use the definitions to help you answer. A) Solar, adj., "related to the sun". B) Solder, v., "to join by using a melted metal". C) Solitaire, n., "a card game played by one person". D) Solid, adj., "relatively firm; filled with matter; not hollow". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solitaire, n., "a card game played by one person". 6. "The little toil of love, I thought, / Was large" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 7. How many poems did Emily Dickinson write in her lifetime? A) 1, 800. B) 200. C) 500. D) 3, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 800. 8. In the poem, "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died, " the fly likely represents: A) The last thing we see before we die. B) An open window in the room. C) Death. D) The poem takes place in the summertime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 9. How many poems did Emily Dickinson write during her life? A) Only 4. B) More than 200. C) More than 2000. D) Less than 2000. E) More than 3000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than 2000. 10. Which of the following is the best translation of Stanza 1? The Soul selects her own Society-Then-shuts the Door-To her divine Majority-Present no more- A) The soul ignores everyone because they are all weirdos. B) The soul chooses who she wants in her life, and then doesn't care about anyone else. C) The soul stays inside all the time because of the pandemic. D) The soul has a lot of friends and throws social parties in her home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The soul chooses who she wants in her life, and then doesn't care about anyone else. 11. How many poems did she write between 1858 and 1865? A) 400. B) 600. C) 800. D) 650. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 800. 12. Many of Dickinson's poems were written in quatrains, stanzas of ..... lines each A) 4. B) 8. C) 10. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 13. What did Higginson fail to recognize about Dickinson's poetry? A) Its lyrical intensity. B) The importance of eccentric capitalization and punctuation. C) Its romantic themes. D) Its satirical elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The importance of eccentric capitalization and punctuation. 14. In line 7, "Pianos" most probably refers metaphorically to A) Birds. B) Flowers. C) Bees. D) Musical instruments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birds. 15. What is NOT a feature of Dickinson's style? A) Capitalisation. B) Personification. C) Cryptic imagery. D) Rhyming couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyming couplets. 16. How many concrete nouns does this sentence contain?Fame is a bird that calls out from the rooftop of life. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 17. Part B Which quotation from "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-" best supports the answer to Part A? A) The Stillness in the Room / Was like the Stillness in the Air-/ Between the Heaves of Storm-. B) The Eyes around-had wrung them dry-/ And Breaths were gathering firm. C) There interposed a Fly-/ With Blue-uncertain-stumbling Buzz-. D) And then the Windows failed-and then / I could not see to see-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There interposed a Fly-/ With Blue-uncertain-stumbling Buzz-. 18. What is the structure of 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-' and how does it contribute to the poem's meaning? A) The structure is a haiku with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. B) The structure is a series of random sentences with no specific form. C) The structure is four quatrains with a regular rhyme scheme. D) The structure is a single long stanza with no rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The structure is four quatrains with a regular rhyme scheme. 19. What is the meter of (most of) this poem? A) Iambic. B) Trochaic. C) Dactylic. D) Anapestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic. 20. "In the land where horses born with eagle wings / And honeybees have lost their stings" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEmily Dickinson Quiz 1Emily Dickinson Quiz 2Emily Dickinson Quiz 3Emily Dickinson Quiz 4Emily Dickinson Quiz 5Emily Dickinson Quiz 6Emily Dickinson Quiz 7Emily Dickinson Quiz 8Emily Dickinson Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books