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?
Whiskey

Religion

Pollen

Nature
2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to?
A tavern

A beehive

A tankard

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

One

Four

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

Ballad metre

Iambic tetrameter

Trochaic hexameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Elated and freewheeling

Harsh and comedic

Quiet and humble

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

Transcendentalism

The Reformation

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

Louisa May Alcott

Mary Bowles

Emily Dickinson
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Brooklyn Daily

The Springfield Republican

The Boston Globe

The Concord Monitor
9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Quatrains

Sestets

Couplets

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

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

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

A beacon of light

A church window

Biblical angels
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!"

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

"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"

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

A tavern door

The roots of tree

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?
1897

1861

1891

1955
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A butterfly

A dram of liquor

The speaker

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

Periods

Semi-colons

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

Oak trees

Butterflies

Bees
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?
Unconventional capitalization

Rhyme royal

Slant rhyme

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

Drams

Foxgloves

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

The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The dangers of alcohol

The elegance of butterflies
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Baptists

The Calvinists

The Methodists

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

Paradoxical

Elegiac

Inquisitive
25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused?
War

Famine

Crime

Inclement weather

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