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

Whiskey

Pollen

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

A tavern

A harbor

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

Seven

Four

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

Iambic tetrameter

Ballad metre

Trochaic hexameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Quiet and humble

Elated and freewheeling

Harsh and comedic

Sober and serious
6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem?
The Temperance Movement

Transcendentalism

The Reformation

The Civil Rights Movement
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?
Susan B. Anthony

Mary Bowles

Louisa May Alcott

Emily Dickinson
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Concord Monitor

The Boston Globe

The Brooklyn Daily

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

Sestets

Couplets

Monostitches
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
A church window

A wine glass

A beacon of light

Biblical angels
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"

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

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

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –"
13 What does "Foxglove" refer to?
A type of flower

A fox's paw

A tavern door

The roots of tree
14 What is the poem's setting?
A cabin in the dead of winter

A beehive

An unnamed countryside during a summer day

A busy whaling port
15 When was this poem published?
1955

1897

1891

1861
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A butterfly

The speaker

A dram of liquor

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

Commas

Semi-colons

Exclamation points
18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?
Oak trees

Liquor

Butterflies

Bees
19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text?
In the fourth stanza

In the first stanza

In the second stanza

In the third stanza
20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies?
Unconventional capitalization

Rhyme royal

Frequent use of dashes

Slant rhyme
21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem?
Tankards

Drams

Saints

Foxgloves
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The fear of getting lost in the woods

The elegance of butterflies

The dangers of alcohol
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Pentecostals

The Baptists

The Methodists

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

Paradoxical

Inquisitive

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

Famine

Crime

War

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