This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Emily Dickinson > Emily Dickinson – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Emily Dickinson Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did she die? A) 1880. B) 1885. C) 1895. D) 1886. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1886. 2. What punctuation mark emphasizes the joyful mood in stanza 1? A) Exclamation mark. B) Full stop. C) Dash. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation mark. 3. The ..... of one's brain depends on how much they want it to hold. A) Vast. B) Capacity. C) Withdraw. D) Undoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capacity. 4. The meaning behind the poem "They shut me up in Prose" A) Being a woman in the 18/19th century being put down. B) The connection of the soul to itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being a woman in the 18/19th century being put down. 5. In line 4 of "I'M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?" what does advertise mean? A) To publicize. B) Commercialize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To publicize. 6. What best summarizes the theme of "Tell the Truth but Tell It Slant" ? A) When you tell the truth, make sure you say it carefully because if you say it too bluntly or all at once the person might not believe it or it might hurt them. B) Never tell the truth. C) Always lie so you don't hurt anyone's feelings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you tell the truth, make sure you say it carefully because if you say it too bluntly or all at once the person might not believe it or it might hurt them. 7. What did Emily want her sister to do with her poems after she left this world? A) She wanted them published in an unabridged text. B) She wanted them burned. C) She wanted them sent to the publisher, Thomas Wentworth Higginson. D) She wanted them placed in High School English Textbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wanted them burned. 8. Which of the following people is most clearly held in captivity? A) A translator. B) A prisoner. C) A sailor. D) A carpenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A prisoner. 9. To remove something is to ..... it A) Provoke. B) Conceal. C) Withdraw. D) Duplicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withdraw. 10. This question has 2 parts, answer this one and then the following one. Part A:Considered altogether, what do the details in these examples of the poetry of Emily Dickinson suggest most clearly about her attitude toward society? A) She enjoys breaking the rules of the society of her day. B) She prefers being a private person, not a public one. C) She yearns to be a successful, world-famous poet. D) She is very sad to be alone but too shy to change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She prefers being a private person, not a public one. 11. What poetic technique was Whitman most famous for? A) Free verse. B) Personification. C) Punctuation. D) Similes and Metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 12. "Where will I be this time tomorrow? / Jumped in joy or sinking in sorrow" A) Queen. B) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen. 13. The Atlantic Ocean is a(n) ..... body of water A) Keen. B) Duplicate. C) Apparent. D) Vast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vast. 14. The speaker of the poem twice invites the reader to come to the pasture.What is the effect of the invitation, "You come too" ? A) It frightens readers and makes them wonder what will happen next. B) It makes readers consider whether the speaker is telling the truth. C) It creates a closer bond between the speaker and the reader, who feels included in the action of the piece. D) It makes readers think about how sad life can be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It creates a closer bond between the speaker and the reader, who feels included in the action of the piece. 15. In "The Soul selects her own Society- ", the title line best matches which of the following situations? A) Sorting silverware into a silverware tray. B) Choosing the people you hang out with. C) Being jailed for a legal transgression. D) Roster of a high school classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choosing the people you hang out with. 16. You might get a ..... from a water hose. A) Vast. B) Spurt. C) Civilian. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spurt. 17. Which season is indicated by the descriptions of nature in "The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were" ? A) Summer. B) Spring. C) Autumn. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autumn. 18. In "Tell all the truth but tell it slant, " line 2 reads, "Success in Circuit lies." The poet most likely chose the word "lies" because it A) Fits the pattern of end rhyme she uses throughout the poem. B) Has the double meaning of either "exists" or "makes a false statement.". C) Creates a metaphor comparing the truth to a predator that lies in wait. D) Highlights the fact that some people gain success through lying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has the double meaning of either "exists" or "makes a false statement.". 19. In "Hope ..... "the poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" to represent- A) Times of bad weather. B) Hard or painful times. C) Pleasant time. D) Times of success or growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hard or painful times. 20. Where Emily Dickinson born? A) In Amherst, Texas. B) In Amherst, Massachusetts. C) In Toronto, Massachusetts. D) In Toronto, Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Amherst, Massachusetts. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEmily Dickinson Quiz 1Emily Dickinson Quiz 2Emily Dickinson Quiz 3Emily Dickinson Quiz 4Emily Dickinson Quiz 5Emily Dickinson Quiz 6Emily Dickinson Quiz 8Emily Dickinson Quiz 9Emily Dickinson Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books