This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who "kindly stopped" for the speaker of the poem? A) Immortality. B) A child at the school. C) Death. D) The grim reaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 2. Which quotation from "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-" best supports the answer that in Death, we do not expect to see what we think we will see. 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: D) And then the Windows failed-and then / I could not see to see-. 3. The ink ..... from the fountain pen. A) Concealed. B) Spurted. C) Duplicated. D) Provoked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spurted. 4. Why did Emily Dickinson leave school? A) She wanted to focus on writing poetry. B) She didn't like her teachers. C) She failed her exams. D) She wanted to travel the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wanted to focus on writing poetry. 5. To hide something is to ..... it. A) Conceal. B) Accomplish. C) Provoke. D) Withdraw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceal. 6. What did Emily Dickinson's sister, Lavinia, find after her death? A) A collection of paintings. B) Her diary. C) More than one thousand poems. D) Manuscripts of novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than one thousand poems. 7. Who came out with an edition of Emily Dickinson's poetry in 1955, restoring original elements? A) Thomas Wentworth Higginson. B) Emily Dickinson herself. C) Thomas H. Johnson. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas H. Johnson. 8. How were Emily Dickinson's poems titled? A) By her sister. B) By using the first line of the poem. C) By choosing the best line of the poem. D) By Emily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By using the first line of the poem. 9. What is the main theme of "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" ? A) The desire for fame. B) The joy of solitude. C) The burden of identity. D) The value of anonymity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The value of anonymity. 10. We slowly drove-He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too, For His Civility-That description in "Because I could not stop for Death ..... " suggest a view of death as: A) Tiring. B) Exciting. C) Tragic. D) Peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peaceful. 11. Which author's poetry focused more on celebrating life? A) Walt Whitman. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walt Whitman. 12. Which of the following is an example of capitalization used by Emily Dickinson? A) Capitalization of proper nouns. B) Capitalization of common nouns. C) Capitalization of adjectives. D) Capitalization of verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalization of common nouns. 13. We watched the runners ..... for the finish line. A) Accomplish. B) Withdraw. C) Spurt. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spurt. 14. Emily Dickinson was best known for her A) Short stories. B) Songs. C) Family. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 15. What is the meaning of the term rapid? A) Quick. B) Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quick. 16. Emily Dickinson had an older brother and a younger sister. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is being compared in the poem: "There is a solitude of space" ? A) The solitude of death, the solitude of space and the sea seem like society. B) The solitude of space, sea, and death, living in society is a much more unpleasant form of solitude. C) The solitude of space and sea, the solitude of death is more frightening. D) The solitude of a soul admitted to itself, the solitude of space, sea, and death seem like society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The solitude of a soul admitted to itself, the solitude of space, sea, and death seem like society. 18. What does "Fame is a fickle food" mean? A) People should take care of the hungry. B) Men eat of fame and die of it. C) People have an ironic caw. D) Second time is a charm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Men eat of fame and die of it. 19. Soul/Society; gazing grain; much madness are examples of A) Rhyming pairs. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. A fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn. A) Cornice. B) Gossamer. C) Surmise. D) Haste. 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