Emily Dickinson’s Collected Poems Quizzes

Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems Quiz 1

1 What does Dickinson not know about her own grief in "I measure every Grief I meet?"
Whether she hides it well

What caused it

When it started

Whether it was always so bad
2 What animal does Dickinson describe as "dun, with wrinkled Wings?"
The bat

The crow

The dog

The pterodactyl
3 What is the second line of "To fill a Gap?"
"Block it up with Air --"

"Insert the Thing that caused it --"

"Solder it with Doubt --"

"Make it yawn the more --"
4 What intoxicates the speaker in "I can wade Grief --"?
The approach of death

Liquor

Grief

Joy
5 Which of the following is the last line of "The first Day's Night had come?"
"Could it be Madness -- this?"

"My Brain keeps giggling -- still."

"And Something's odd -- within."

"Until another Morn."
6 Which of these metaphors does Dickinson use for her life in "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?
Ruler of an endless dynasty

A solar eclipse

A crescent moon in a midnight sea

A single book in a very large library
7 What is the reader assumed to be in "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"
Somebody

A public figure

Nobody

Part of the admiring crowd
8 Which of these is the last line of "Success is counted sweetest?"
"By those who ne'er succeed."

"Requires sorest need."

"Burst agonized and clear!"

"Who took the Flag today!"
9 What ceremonial bond do the speaker and her companion perform in "There came a Day at Summer's full?"
Drinking each other's blood

Tying on each other's crucifixes

Sharing a cup of wine

Wrapping a lock of each other's hair around their wrists
10 What does Dickinson say oppresses like the "certain Slant of light?"
Despair

Carriage rides

Hymns

Death
11 Which of the following poems is most focused on the physicality of death?
"The murmurming of bees, has ceased"

"There's a certain Slant of light"

"I heard a Fly buzz -- when I Died"

"Because I could not stop for Death --"
12 How long has it been since the speaker in "Because I could not stop for Death --" died?
A year

A lifetime

Centuries

A day
13 What creature distracts a dying speaker in a Dickinson poem?
A fox

A fly

A sparrow

A bee
14 Which of the following does not describe Emily Dickinson and her poetry?
Traditional

Difficult

Formally subversive

Prolific
15 Who has "the power to kill/Without -- the power to die?"
The emphatic thumb

The gun's master

The mountains

The loaded gun
16 In what season does "There's a certain Slant of light" take place?
Spring

Summer

Winter

Fall
17 What sweet thing is mentioned in "Success is counted sweetest?"
Honey

Strawberry

Nectar

Pear
18 What is "dreary" in "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"
To be somebody

To be part of the admiring public

To be nobody

To be alone
19 What happens to the speaker in "The first Day's Night had come?"
After a tragedy, she descends into madness

After a tragedy, she finds solace in God

She discovers that one can begin again with each new day

After a tragedy, she loses her ability to make beautiful music
20 What is the second line of "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?
"And it -- terrifies Me"

"Before Me -- only Death"

"Dissolving into Dawn away"

"Before Me -- Immortality"
21 What creates strength in "I can wade Grief --"?
Pain

Training

Love

Happiness
22 What can you not "solder an Abyss" with, in "To fill a Gap?"
Air

The thing that caused it

Doubt

Other
23 What poem contains these lines: "Refining these impatient Ores / With Hammer, and with Blaze?"
"The first Day's Night had come"

"Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?"

"To fill a Gap"

"Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"
24 Fill in the blank: "Because I could not stop for Death -- / He ___ stopped for me --":
"unfortunately"

"kindly"

"quickly"

"rudely"
25 What color does Dickinson use to describe the fly's buzz in "I heard a Fly buzz -- when I Died --"?
Brown

White

Blue

Black