This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was Emily Dickinson born? A) December 10, 1830. B) March 20, 1820. C) October 30, 2001. D) March 15, 1886. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December 10, 1830. 2. During her life, A) She was able to publish all her 1700 poems. B) She didn't publish anything. C) Some of her works were published, though only very few of them in the Amherst student literary magazine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some of her works were published, though only very few of them in the Amherst student literary magazine. 3. Who are mourners? A) People who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person. B) People who visits family and friends. C) People who do the funeral ceremony. D) The family of the deal person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person. 4. What do you mean by stir? A) Working. B) To move in order to mix something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move in order to mix something. 5. The root word bath means "deep." Which definition best matches the word bathysphere? A) A round chamber for exploring outer space. B) A round chamber for exploring the ocean. C) A Roman building with columns. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A round chamber for exploring the ocean. 6. In "Much Madness is divinest Sense, " the word Chain connotes A) Restraint. B) Insanity. C) Sense. D) Danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restraint. 7. What is the meaning of "society" in "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" ? A) Politicians. B) Religious people. C) Loved Friends. D) Death people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loved Friends. 8. In which century did Emily Dickinson live? A) 19th. B) 21 st. C) 20th. D) 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th. 9. What is the main theme of Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Social and political issues. B) Love and romance. C) Nature and the environment. D) Exploration of death, immortality, and the afterlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exploration of death, immortality, and the afterlife. 10. What do the crows represent in "Fame ..... "? A) The crows represent people examining fame and flying away from it. B) The crows inspect and judge those with fame. C) Crows point out the irony of wanting fame when fame is not always a good thing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Treason is A) Expose to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy. B) Impose a misleading belief upon. C) Cause to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. D) The crime of betraying one's country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The crime of betraying one's country. 12. What did the color white symbolize for Dickinson? A) Innocence. B) Passion and intensity. C) Purity. D) Ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passion and intensity. 13. Read these lines from the poem And sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea; yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. What does "it" refer to in the last line? A) The little bird. B) The storm. C) The chillest land. D) The strangest sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The little bird. 14. How did appreciation for Emily Dickinson's poetic genius change after the Johnson edition? A) It remained the same. B) It declined. C) It blossomed. D) It became controversial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It blossomed. 15. The soul can only be an enemy A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Analyze these lines from "Fame is a fickle food" and determine which is the closest to the main idea that crows flap past the "fickle food" of fame? A) Fame is so much fun. B) Fame is not affordable. C) Fame is worth saving. D) Fame is toxicc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fame is toxicc. 17. How does 'I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-' differ from other poems by Emily Dickinson? A) It is written in a different language. B) It is a love poem with a positive tone. C) It focuses on the moment of death and the presence of a fly as a symbol of interruption and disruption. D) It is a long narrative poem with multiple characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It focuses on the moment of death and the presence of a fly as a symbol of interruption and disruption. 18. Which word rhymes with phone? A) Home. B) Cone. C) Balloon. D) Spoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cone. 19. In lines 5-8 of "Because I could not stop for Death, " Dickinson writes, "We slowly drove-He knew no haste / And I had put away / My labor and my leisure too, / For His Civility." Here her tone conveys an image of death as A) Eternal. B) Dull. C) Tragic. D) Peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peaceful. 20. What is beetle? A) A plant. B) A bug, an insect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bug, an insect. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEmily Dickinson Quiz 1Emily Dickinson Quiz 2Emily Dickinson Quiz 3Emily Dickinson Quiz 4Emily Dickinson Quiz 6Emily Dickinson Quiz 7Emily Dickinson Quiz 8Emily Dickinson Quiz 9Emily Dickinson Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books