This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following would be the most accurate description of Dickinson's faith? A) She was steadfast in her belief of God. B) She struggled with her faith. C) She was a religious nun. D) She believed she was a god. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She struggled with her faith. 2. Which one of the following sentences is correct about Emily Dickinson? A) She was happily married. B) She never used death as a theme. C) She had a lot of friends. D) She was interested in botany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was interested in botany. 3. Determine the meaning of the quote from I'm Nobody ..... Don't tell! they'd advertise-you know! (from "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" ) A) The author is angry. B) The author is private. C) The author actually wants fame. D) The author wants love and attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author is private. 4. What is the title of the first collection of Emily Dickinson's poetry published after her death? A) The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson. B) The Poems of Emily Dickinson. C) Emily Dickinson's Greatest Hits. D) Poetry by Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Poems of Emily Dickinson. 5. The 3rd thing they passed in "Because I could not stop ..... " was ..... A) The setting sun. B) The moon. C) The stars. D) The chapel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The setting sun. 6. Which sentence best states the central comparison in "There is a solitude of space" ? A) " with solitude of death ". B) " the solitude of space ". C) " the solitude of a soul ". D) "solitudes of sea.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) " the solitude of a soul ". 7. Yo, what's the main riddle in the rhyme "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 themselves. D) The idea that no soul likes being seen as a nobody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The concept that one can be a nobody. 8. The theme of "Tell all the truth but tell it slant" is that people are wise to convey the truth A) Dishonestly. B) Indirectly. C) When it benefits them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirectly. 9. Which word in this sentence is an abstract noun?The crumbs of your affection are like sand in the wind. A) Crumbs. B) Affection. C) Sand. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affection. 10. Which of the following is NOT a theme in Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Love. B) Hope. C) Death. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 11. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Dickinson's poetry? A) Dashes. B) No titles. C) Slant Rhymes. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter. 12. In Dickinson's poem entitled "Much Madness is Divinest Sense, " what does the paradox express? A) Madness means they are crazy. B) Madness means they are pretty cool people. C) Madness means they are sane or they have senses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madness means they are sane or they have senses. 13. What does the speaker imagine in this poem? A) The speaker imagines that funeral is going on in her house. B) The speaker imagines that someone she loves is dead. C) The speaker imagines that she is attending a funeral. D) The speaker imagines that a funeral is taking place inside her brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker imagines that a funeral is taking place inside her brain. 14. How many poems did Emily Dickinson's sister discover after she died? A) 1000. B) 1800. C) 20. D) 72. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1800. 15. Which is the correct quote? A) Yet never in extremity, it asked a crumb of me. B) Yet-never-in Extremity, It asked a crumb-of me. C) It-never in extreme circumstances-asked a crumb-of me. D) The in extreme circumstances-asked a crumb-of me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yet-never-in Extremity, It asked a crumb-of me. 16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Free verse. B) Symbolism. C) Narrative structure. D) Rhyme and meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme and meter. 17. In "Fame is a fickle food, " what is the main reason that the crows flap past the "fickle food" of fame? A) Fame is terrifying. B) Fame is poisonous. C) Fame creates jealousy and bitterness. D) Fame speaks insincerely and even lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fame is poisonous. 18. " ..... before it's time for Sunny-down, / I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen. 19. ..... is the literal or primary meaning of a word. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 20. What is a major theme that comes from "Death is Like the Insect?" A) Death is disgusting like a bug. B) Even though we all die, you must fight death in order to survive. C) When we die, we cannot fight the battles anymore. D) The speaker of the poem wants to die peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even though we all die, you must fight death in order to survive. ← 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