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 she hides it well

When it started

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

The dog

The pterodactyl

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

"Insert the Thing that caused it --"

"Make it yawn the more --"

"Solder it with Doubt --"
4 What intoxicates the speaker in "I can wade Grief --"?
The approach of death

Grief

Liquor

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

"Until another Morn."

"And Something's odd -- within."

"My Brain keeps giggling -- still."
6 Which of these metaphors does Dickinson use for her life in "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?
A single book in a very large library

A crescent moon in a midnight sea

A solar eclipse

Ruler of an endless dynasty
7 What is the reader assumed to be in "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"
Somebody

Nobody

A public figure

Part of the admiring crowd
8 Which of these is the last line of "Success is counted sweetest?"
"Burst agonized and clear!"

"By those who ne'er succeed."

"Who took the Flag today!"

"Requires sorest need."
9 What ceremonial bond do the speaker and her companion perform in "There came a Day at Summer's full?"
Wrapping a lock of each other's hair around their wrists

Tying on each other's crucifixes

Sharing a cup of wine

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

Despair

Hymns

Death
11 Which of the following poems is most focused on the physicality of death?
"There's a certain Slant of light"

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

"The murmurming of bees, has ceased"

"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 day

Centuries

A lifetime

A year
13 What creature distracts a dying speaker in a Dickinson poem?
A bee

A sparrow

A fly

A fox
14 Which of the following does not describe Emily Dickinson and her poetry?
Difficult

Prolific

Traditional

Formally subversive
15 Who has "the power to kill/Without -- the power to die?"
The mountains

The gun's master

The loaded gun

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

Fall

Winter

Summer
17 What sweet thing is mentioned in "Success is counted sweetest?"
Nectar

Honey

Pear

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

To be nobody

To be part of the admiring public

To be somebody
19 What happens to the speaker in "The first Day's Night had come?"
After a tragedy, she loses her ability to make beautiful music

She discovers that one can begin again with each new day

After a tragedy, she descends into madness

After a tragedy, she finds solace in God
20 What is the second line of "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?
"And it -- terrifies Me"

"Before Me -- only Death"

"Before Me -- Immortality"

"Dissolving into Dawn away"
21 What creates strength in "I can wade Grief --"?
Love

Training

Pain

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

Other

The thing that caused it

Doubt
23 What poem contains these lines: "Refining these impatient Ores / With Hammer, and with Blaze?"
"To fill a Gap"

"Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"

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

"The first Day's Night had come"
24 Fill in the blank: "Because I could not stop for Death -- / He ___ stopped for me --":
"unfortunately"

"rudely"

"quickly"

"kindly"
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