This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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) A.divinity. B) .b.hardness. C) C.permanence. D) D.presence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C.permanence. 2. 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. 3. Your teacher might use a copier to ..... an assignment. A) Duplicate. B) Provoke. C) Accomplish. D) Spurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duplicate. 4. To pull out or remove; to move back or away, retreat A) Withdraw. B) Undoing. C) Apparent. D) Vast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Withdraw. 5. What is a synonym for provoke? A) To calm. B) Goad. C) Relaxed. D) To attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goad. 6. What is the theme of "There is a solitude of space?" A) Anyone can achieve their dreams. B) There is no greater love than that of a mother. C) The universe is a never ending story. D) Solitude offered to the soul is one of the greatest forms of individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solitude offered to the soul is one of the greatest forms of individualism. 7. To copy exactly; to produce something equal to A) Withdraw. B) Provoke. C) Duplicate. D) Spurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duplicate. 8. What is the meaning of the word cautious? A) Uncareful. B) Careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Careful. 9. Emily Dickinson was a mysterious person and now we can only guess what she might have been really like. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. 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. 11. Which line from the selections is the best example of Dickinson's use of paradox? A) Fame is a fickle food / Upon a shifting plate (from "Fame is a fickle food" ). B) They put me in the Closet-/ Because they liked me "still" -(from "They shut me up in Prose-". C) A soul admitted to itself-/ Finite Infinity (from "There is a solitude of space" ). D) How dreary-to be-Somebody! / How public-like a Frog-(from "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A soul admitted to itself-/ Finite Infinity (from "There is a solitude of space" ). 12. What is the rhyme scheme of the last stanza of the poem? A) Father. B) Abcb. C) Aabb. D) Abb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abb. 13. 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. 14. Dickinson was born on December 10, ..... A) 1776. B) 1830. C) 1780. D) 1865. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1830. 15. In "Fame is a fickle food" what food do the crows prefer to the crumbs left behind by fame? A) Hot Cheetos. B) Pickles. C) The farmer's corn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The farmer's corn. 16. 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. 17. How do the Mourners make the narrator lose her sanity? A) They keep talking. B) They keep beating a drum. C) They keep treading. D) They keep dropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They keep treading. 18. Which literary device is used in the line 'Hope is the thing with feathers'? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. True or False. Dickinson didn't title her poems. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What did Emily Dickinson value? A) Individualism and Personal Space. B) Patriarchy. C) Unity and Togetherness. D) Family. 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