1 What is the "liquor never brewed" to which the speaker refers? Nature Pollen Whiskey Religion 2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to? A tankard A harbor A tavern A beehive 3 How many stanzas does the poem have? One Four Seven Fifteen 4 What is the poem's meter? Ballad metre Trochaic hexameter Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter 5 What is the poem's tone? Harsh and comedic Elated and freewheeling Quiet and humble Sober and serious 6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem? The Civil Rights Movement The Temperance Movement The Reformation Transcendentalism 7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention? Susan B. Anthony Emily Dickinson Mary Bowles Louisa May Alcott 8 Where was this poem originally published? The Springfield Republican The Brooklyn Daily The Concord Monitor The Boston Globe 9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Sestets Monostitches Couplets Quatrains 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Reeling – thro' endless summer days –" "I taste a liquor never brewed –" "Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –" "Not all the Frankfort Berries" 11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem? A church window Biblical angels A wine glass A beacon of light 12 Which of the following lines contains personification? "I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –" "To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!" "Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –" "When 'Landlords' turn the drunken Bee / Out of the Foxglove's door –" 13 What does "Foxglove" refer to? The roots of tree A tavern door A type of flower A fox's paw 14 What is the poem's setting? An unnamed countryside during a summer day A busy whaling port A cabin in the dead of winter A beehive 15 When was this poem published? 1861 1955 1897 1891 16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza? A butterfly The speaker A bee A dram of liquor 17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone? Semi-colons Exclamation points Commas Periods 18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Butterflies Liquor Oak trees Bees 19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text? In the first stanza In the third stanza In the second stanza In the fourth stanza 20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies? Rhyme royal Frequent use of dashes Unconventional capitalization Slant rhyme 21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem? Saints Drams Tankards Foxgloves 22 What is the poem's central theme? The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty The elegance of butterflies The dangers of alcohol The fear of getting lost in the woods 23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement? The Baptists The Methodists The Pentecostals The Calvinists 24 What word best describes the poem's opening line? Elegiac Cheerful Paradoxical Inquisitive 25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused? Famine Inclement weather Crime War
