This Is My Letter to the World Quizzes

This Is My Letter to the World Quiz

1 Which adjectives best describes the tone of poem?
Heated and contentious

Cool and removed

Pensive and uncertain

Relaxed and serene
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A quill

The sun

Hands

A letter
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaking feeling lost in nature

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Boston

Nature

Farming

Amherst
5 What word does the speaker NOT attach to nature?
News

Message

Judge

Majesty
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Judge tenderly—of Me"

"This is my letter to the World"

"Her Message is committed"

"The simple News that Nature told—"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
Aubade

War epic

Lyric poetry

Epitaph
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem is written in free verse.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAC

ABAB

ABCB

ABBA
11 When was the poem first published?
1889

1980

1891

1890
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Music

Poetry

Determination

Loneliness
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Seven

Two

Eight

Four
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A yellow bonnet

A black cloak

A red knit shawl

A white cotton dress
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Stargazing

Woodworking

Birdwatching

Gardening
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?
The speaker's social circle

The authors that the speaker admires

The speaker's family

The founding fathers
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her mother Emily

Her father Edward

Her brother Austin

Her sister Lavinia
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Plymouth

Worcester

Amherst

Boston
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By using the phrase "mother nature"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By comparing it to a guest at a party

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Hierarchy

Gaudiness

Stateliness

Calm
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Louisa May Alcott

Her siblings

Her countrymen

Henry David Thoreau
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1806

1860

1867

1891
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
Material wealth

The understanding of the world around her

Fame

Religious transcendence
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Emily Dickinson

The population of Massachusetts

Nathaniel Hawthrone

Ralph Waldo Emerson
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

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