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?"
What caused it

Whether it was always so bad

When it started

Whether she hides it well
2 What animal does Dickinson describe as "dun, with wrinkled Wings?"
The pterodactyl

The bat

The dog

The crow
3 What is the second line of "To fill a Gap?"
"Insert the Thing that caused it --"

"Make it yawn the more --"

"Solder it with Doubt --"

"Block it up with Air --"
4 What intoxicates the speaker in "I can wade Grief --"?
Grief

The approach of death

Joy

Liquor
5 Which of the following is the last line of "The first Day's Night had come?"
"Until another Morn."

"My Brain keeps giggling -- still."

"And Something's odd -- within."

"Could it be Madness -- this?"
6 Which of these metaphors does Dickinson use for her life in "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?
A solar eclipse

Ruler of an endless dynasty

A single book in a very large library

A crescent moon in a midnight sea
7 What is the reader assumed to be in "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"
Part of the admiring crowd

Nobody

A public figure

Somebody
8 Which of these is the last line of "Success is counted sweetest?"
"Requires sorest need."

"Who took the Flag today!"

"Burst agonized and clear!"

"By those who ne'er succeed."
9 What ceremonial bond do the speaker and her companion perform in "There came a Day at Summer's full?"
Tying on each other's crucifixes

Sharing a cup of wine

Wrapping a lock of each other's hair around their wrists

Drinking each other's blood
10 What does Dickinson say oppresses like the "certain Slant of light?"
Carriage rides

Despair

Death

Hymns
11 Which of the following poems is most focused on the physicality of death?
"Because I could not stop for Death --"

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

"The murmurming of bees, has ceased"

"There's a certain Slant of light"
12 How long has it been since the speaker in "Because I could not stop for Death --" died?
Centuries

A year

A lifetime

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

A bee

A fox

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

Prolific

Difficult

Formally subversive
15 Who has "the power to kill/Without -- the power to die?"
The gun's master

The mountains

The loaded gun

The emphatic thumb
16 In what season does "There's a certain Slant of light" take place?
Winter

Fall

Summer

Spring
17 What sweet thing is mentioned in "Success is counted sweetest?"
Pear

Strawberry

Nectar

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

To be somebody

To be nobody

To be part of the admiring public
19 What happens to the speaker in "The first Day's Night had come?"
She discovers that one can begin again with each new day

After a tragedy, she loses her ability to make beautiful music

After a tragedy, she finds solace in God

After a tragedy, she descends into madness
20 What is the second line of "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?
"Before Me -- only Death"

"Dissolving into Dawn away"

"And it -- terrifies Me"

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

Happiness

Pain

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

Doubt

Air

The thing that caused it
23 What poem contains these lines: "Refining these impatient Ores / With Hammer, and with Blaze?"
"To fill a Gap"

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

"The first Day's Night had come"

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

"rudely"

"kindly"

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

White

Black

Brown