This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word dominate derives from the root word dominus which means "master." Which definition best matches the word dominion? A) Area over which one has control. B) Game that uses small numbered tiles. C) To lose control over oneself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Area over which one has control. 2. A ..... blade will cut much better than a dull one. A) Vast. B) Withdraw. C) Spurt. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keen. 3. What is the correct spelling of the last name of the author of "Two Things I Have Lost With Childhood" . A) Dickinson. B) Dickinson. C) Dickenson. D) Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dickinson. 4. Prolific A) A mystery, or having inexplicable characteristics. B) Observed facts or occurrences. C) Unusual, not conforming to the majority opinion or behavior. D) Highly productive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Highly productive. 5. "If I can stop one heart from breaking, / I shall not live in vain" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 6. The number of people who can fit into a room depends upon it. A) Conceal. B) Capacity. C) Duplicate. D) Civilian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capacity. 7. Who shuts the door in "The Soul selects her own Society" ? A) The Chariots. B) Her divine Majority. C) The Emperor. D) The Soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Soul. 8. How did Emily Dickinson's work impact the literary world during her time? A) Having no impact on the literary world. B) Challenging traditional poetic forms and exploring themes of death, immortality, and nature. C) Writing only about traditional poetic forms and popular themes. D) Being widely criticized and rejected by other poets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Challenging traditional poetic forms and exploring themes of death, immortality, and nature. 9. Part B Which quote from "I heard a fly buzz-when I died-" best supports the answer to Part A? A) The stillness in the room / It was like the stillness in the air-/ Between the onslaught of the storm-. B) The eyes around-they had dried them-/ And the breaths were gathering tightly. C) A fly got in the way-/ With blue-uncertain-wobbly buzz-. D) And then the windows failed-and then / I couldn't see to see-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fly got in the way-/ With blue-uncertain-wobbly buzz-. 10. What literary technique is Dickinson using in the following stanza? There came a Wind like a Bugle-It quivered through the Grass And a Green Chill upon the Heat So ominous did pass A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Slant rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. Emily was born in ..... , Massachusetts. A) Salem. B) Andover. C) Amherst. D) Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amherst. 12. Comment on the structure of the poem. A) This poem has 4 stanzas of 4 lines each. It follows a strict rhyme pattern:abcb defe ghih jklk. It is close in form to a ballad but does not have the prerequisite refrain characteristic of this form. B) This poem has 5 stanzas of 4 lines each. It follows a strict rhyme pattern:abcb defe ghih jkll. It is close in form to a ballad and has the prerequisite refrain characteristic of this form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This poem has 4 stanzas of 4 lines each. It follows a strict rhyme pattern:abcb defe ghih jklk. It is close in form to a ballad but does not have the prerequisite refrain characteristic of this form. 13. What is the role of 'rhyme' in a poem? A) It provides a sense of structure and order to the poem. B) It provides a sense of chaos and disorder to the poem. C) It provides a sense of historical context to the poem. D) It provides a sense of the author's biography to the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It provides a sense of structure and order to the poem. 14. In "They shut me up in Prose-'' why do they put the little girl in the closet? A) Because they liked her "still". B) Because she kept running away. C) Because she committed treason. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they liked her "still". 15. Which of the following themes is explored in "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" ? A) Wealth. B) Being alive. C) Suffering. D) Reality of funeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffering. 16. Where was Emily Dickinson born? A) Amherst, Massachusetts. B) New York City, New York. C) Los Angeles, California. D) Chicago, Illinois. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amherst, Massachusetts. 17. Read these lines from the poem:And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm.What does the word "abash" most nearly mean, based on these lines? A) To confuse. B) To support. C) To praise. D) To silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To silence. 18. A scarf, usually of fur or wool, for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends hanging down in front. A) Gossamer. B) Tippet. C) Cornice. D) Surmise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tippet. 19. It was ..... that Mrs. Jones would not start the assignment until the class followed directions. A) Civilian. B) Keen. C) Apparent. D) Vast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apparent. 20. Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" uses which of the following literary devices to describe death? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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