I taste a liquor never brewed Quizzes

I taste a liquor never brewed Quiz

1 What is the "liquor never brewed" to which the speaker refers?
Nature

Pollen

Whiskey

Religion
2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to?
A beehive

A tankard

A tavern

A harbor
3 How many stanzas does the poem have?
One

Four

Seven

Fifteen
4 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Ballad metre

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Harsh and comedic

Sober and serious

Elated and freewheeling

Quiet and humble
6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem?
The Reformation

Transcendentalism

The Civil Rights Movement

The Temperance Movement
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?
Mary Bowles

Emily Dickinson

Susan B. Anthony

Louisa May Alcott
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Brooklyn Daily

The Boston Globe

The Concord Monitor

The Springfield Republican
9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Quatrains

Monostitches

Couplets

Sestets
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
A beacon of light

A wine glass

A church window

Biblical angels
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –"

"When 'Landlords' turn the drunken Bee / Out of the Foxglove's door –"

"To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!"

"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"
13 What does "Foxglove" refer to?
A type of flower

The roots of tree

A tavern door

A fox's paw
14 What is the poem's setting?
A busy whaling port

A cabin in the dead of winter

A beehive

An unnamed countryside during a summer day
15 When was this poem published?
1955

1861

1897

1891
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A dram of liquor

A butterfly

The speaker

A bee
17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone?
Exclamation points

Semi-colons

Periods

Commas
18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?
Liquor

Oak trees

Bees

Butterflies
19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text?
In the third stanza

In the fourth stanza

In the first stanza

In the second stanza
20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies?
Slant rhyme

Rhyme royal

Unconventional capitalization

Frequent use of dashes
21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem?
Tankards

Foxgloves

Saints

Drams
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The fear of getting lost in the woods

The dangers of alcohol

The elegance of butterflies

The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Baptists

The Calvinists

The Pentecostals

The Methodists
24 What word best describes the poem's opening line?
Cheerful

Elegiac

Inquisitive

Paradoxical
25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused?
Inclement weather

War

Crime

Famine

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