Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems Quizzes

1. What does Dickinson not know about her own grief in "I measure every Grief I meet?"

• What caused it
• Whether it was always so bad
• Whether she hides it well
• When it started

2. What animal does Dickinson describe as "dun, with wrinkled Wings?"

• The bat
• The dog
• The crow
• The pterodactyl

3. What is the second line of "To fill a Gap?"

• "Solder it with Doubt --"
• "Make it yawn the more --"
• "Insert the Thing that caused it --"
• "Block it up with Air --"

4. What intoxicates the speaker in "I can wade Grief --"?

• Joy
• Liquor
• The approach of death
• Grief

5. Which of the following is the last line of "The first Day's Night had come?"

• "Until another Morn."
• "And Something's odd -- within."
• "My Brain keeps giggling -- still."
• "Could it be Madness -- this?"

6. Which of these metaphors does Dickinson use for her life in "Behind Me -- dips Eternity --"?

• Ruler of an endless dynasty
• A crescent moon in a midnight sea
• A solar eclipse
• A single book in a very large library

7. What is the reader assumed to be in "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

• Nobody
• A public figure
• Somebody
• 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."
• "Requires sorest need."
• "Who took the Flag today!"

9. What ceremonial bond do the speaker and her companion perform in "There came a Day at Summer's full?"

• Sharing a cup of wine
• Drinking each other's blood
• Wrapping a lock of each other's hair around their wrists
• Tying on each other's crucifixes

10. What does Dickinson say oppresses like the "certain Slant of light?"

• Despair
• Carriage rides
• Death
• Hymns