This Is My Letter to the World Quizzes

This Is My Letter to the World Quiz

1 Which adjectives best describes the tone of poem?
Relaxed and serene

Cool and removed

Heated and contentious

Pensive and uncertain
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A quill

A letter

Hands

The sun
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaking feeling lost in nature
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Nature

Amherst

Farming

Boston
5 What word does the speaker NOT attach to nature?
Message

News

Judge

Majesty
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Her Message is committed"

"This is my letter to the World"

"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
Aubade

Lyric poetry

Epitaph

War epic
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

The poem is written in free verse.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBA

ABCB

ABAC

ABAB
11 When was the poem first published?
1889

1980

1890

1891
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Loneliness

Determination

Music

Poetry
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Eight

Four

Two

Seven
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A black cloak

A yellow bonnet

A red knit shawl

A white cotton dress
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Gardening

Woodworking

Birdwatching

Stargazing
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?
The authors that the speaker admires

The speaker's social circle

The speaker's family

The founding fathers
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her brother Austin

Her sister Lavinia

Her mother Emily

Her father Edward
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Boston

Amherst

Worcester

Plymouth
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By comparing it to a guest at a party

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By using the phrase "mother nature"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Stateliness

Gaudiness

Calm

Hierarchy
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Her siblings

Henry David Thoreau

Her countrymen

Louisa May Alcott
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1860

1806

1891

1867
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
Religious transcendence

Fame

The understanding of the world around her

Material wealth
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
The population of Massachusetts

Nathaniel Hawthrone

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emily Dickinson
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

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