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?
Pensive and uncertain

Cool and removed

Heated and contentious

Relaxed and serene
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A letter

A quill

Hands

The sun
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaking feeling lost in nature

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Amherst

Boston

Nature

Farming
5 What word does the speaker NOT attach to nature?
Majesty

Judge

Message

News
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Her Message is committed"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"

"This is my letter to the World"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
Aubade

Epitaph

War epic

Lyric poetry
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

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

ABBA

ABAC

ABAB
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1890

1980

1889
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Poetry

Determination

Music

Loneliness
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Eight

Four

Seven

Two
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A yellow bonnet

A white cotton dress

A red knit shawl

A black cloak
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Gardening

Birdwatching

Woodworking

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

The founding fathers

The speaker's family

The speaker's social circle
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her brother Austin

Her mother Emily

Her father Edward

Her sister Lavinia
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Plymouth

Worcester

Amherst

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

By using the phrase "mother nature"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Gaudiness

Calm

Stateliness

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

Louisa May Alcott

Her countrymen

Henry David Thoreau
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1891

1806

1860

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

Material wealth

The understanding of the world around her

Religious transcendence
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emily Dickinson

Nathaniel Hawthrone

The population of Massachusetts
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Happy and uncurious

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Lonely and fascinated by nature

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