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?
Nature

Whiskey

Religion

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

A tankard

A beehive

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

One

Four

Seven
4 What is the poem's meter?
Trochaic hexameter

Ballad metre

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Sober and serious

Elated and freewheeling

Quiet and humble

Harsh and comedic
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?
Mary Bowles

Emily Dickinson

Louisa May Alcott

Susan B. Anthony
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Boston Globe

The Brooklyn Daily

The Springfield Republican

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

Monostitches

Sestets

Couplets
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
Biblical angels

A wine glass

A church window

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 fox's paw

A type of flower
14 What is the poem's setting?
A busy whaling port

A beehive

A cabin in the dead of winter

An unnamed countryside during a summer day
15 When was this poem published?
1897

1891

1861

1955
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A dram of liquor

The speaker

A butterfly

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

Commas

Semi-colons

Periods
18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?
Oak trees

Bees

Butterflies

Liquor
19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text?
In the second stanza

In the fourth stanza

In the first stanza

In the third 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?
Tankards

Foxgloves

Drams

Saints
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The fear of getting lost in the woods

The elegance of butterflies

The dangers of alcohol
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Pentecostals

The Baptists

The Methodists

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?
Inclement weather

Crime

Famine

War

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