This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Dickinson's main idea in "The Soul selects her own Society ..... ?" A) The soul is vulnerable to influence from others. B) The soul can not be persuaded with wordly riches or the promise of power. C) The soul can be determined and selective about the company it accepts. D) The soul can be very cruel and judgmental toward the rest of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The soul can be determined and selective about the company it accepts. 2. Lines 9-12 of "Because I could not stop for Death" present images of schoolchildren, fields of grain, and a sunset to suggest the A) Progression from childhood to ripeness to death. B) Passage into the darkness of eternity and then on to immortality. C) Interdependence of sunlight, food crops, and children. D) Relativity of time and its incessant passage toward eternity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progression from childhood to ripeness to death. 3. How did early editors, including Thomas Wentworth Higginson, change Emily Dickinson's verse? A) Added more dashes. B) Diminished its power by making it more conventional. C) Expanded the use of capitalization. D) Published it without permission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diminished its power by making it more conventional. 4. What was restored in the Johnson edition of Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Original publication dates. B) Original elements, including dashes and capital letters. C) Illustrations. D) Annotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Original elements, including dashes and capital letters. 5. In "I heard a fly buzz, " the fly represents ..... A) Annoyance with deathbed visitors. B) Windows being left open. C) Amazement at hearing well. D) Disappointment at not seeing God at death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disappointment at not seeing God at death. 6. What are the characteristics of a poem? A) Plot, character, setting, conflict. B) Prose, stanza, verse, meter. C) Rhyme, rhythm, imagery, and figurative language. D) Dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme, rhythm, imagery, and figurative language. 7. The condition of being imprisoned or confined A) Captivity. B) Treason. C) Imperial. D) Sovereign. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captivity. 8. Which type of rhyme is featured below:"You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." A) Slant rhyme. B) Exact rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slant rhyme. 9. When sounds are similar but not identical we call this A) Slant rhyme. B) Perfect rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slant rhyme. 10. In line 8 "that kept so many warm" is most likely a metaphor for ..... A) How hope can provide comfort. B) The need for being sheltered during a storm. C) Why feathers are important to birds. D) A beautiful song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How hope can provide comfort. 11. Quash A) To mention or suggest. B) Out of date, very old-fashioned, ancient. C) To suppress or eliminate. D) To lessen, to become less intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To suppress or eliminate. 12. Select an element of structure that contributes to the meaning of the poem. A) Short lines that mirror the short-lived escape attempts. B) Repetition to emphasize the theme of the text. C) External conflict that the speaker must overcome. D) Shift in mood to increase the excitement of the poem. . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short lines that mirror the short-lived escape attempts. 13. Which of the following is an example of figurative language in the poem? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. True or False. Dickinson never married. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. In Tell the truth but tell it slant what is the simile in the following lines?:Too bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind- A) Telling the truth is being compared to how we explain lightning to children. B) Telling a lie is being compared to explanations. C) Telling the truth is being compared to deer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telling the truth is being compared to how we explain lightning to children. 16. In which poem does Emily Dickinson explore the idea of truth in a slant manner? A) Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-. B) Honesty in the Shadows. C) Tell the Truth directly. D) Truthful Lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-. 17. What is the full name of the poet? A) Michael Brown. B) John Smith. C) Emily Johnson. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 18. The speaker of "I'm Nobody" most values A) Fame. B) Money. C) Privacy. D) Frogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Privacy. 19. How many stanzas does "I'm Nobody" have? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 20. What poetic device is used in the line 'The fog comes on little cat feet'? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEmily Dickinson Quiz 1Emily Dickinson Quiz 2Emily Dickinson Quiz 3Emily Dickinson Quiz 4Emily Dickinson Quiz 5Emily Dickinson Quiz 7Emily Dickinson Quiz 8Emily Dickinson Quiz 9Emily Dickinson Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books