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?
Religion

Nature

Pollen

Whiskey
2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to?
A beehive

A tankard

A harbor

A tavern
3 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Four

Seven

One

Fifteen
4 What is the poem's meter?
Ballad metre

Iambic tetrameter

Trochaic hexameter

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

Transcendentalism

The Reformation

The Temperance Movement
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?
Louisa May Alcott

Mary Bowles

Emily Dickinson

Susan B. Anthony
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Springfield Republican

The Brooklyn Daily

The Boston Globe

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

Sestets

Quatrains

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

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"
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?
"Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –"

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

"To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!"

"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"
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?
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?
1955

1861

1897

1891
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A butterfly

The speaker

A dram of liquor

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

Periods

Commas

Semi-colons
18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?
Liquor

Butterflies

Oak trees

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

In the first stanza

In the third stanza

In the fourth stanza
20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies?
Slant rhyme

Rhyme royal

Frequent use of dashes

Unconventional capitalization
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 overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The dangers of alcohol

The fear of getting lost in the woods

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

The Pentecostals

The Methodists

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

Inquisitive

Elegiac

Paradoxical
25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused?
Crime

Inclement weather

Famine

War

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