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?
Relaxed and serene

Heated and contentious

Cool and removed

Pensive and uncertain
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A quill

Hands

A letter

The sun
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaking feeling lost in nature

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

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

Nature

Boston

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

News

Majesty

Message
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"This is my letter to the World"

"Her Message is committed"

"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
War epic

Lyric poetry

Aubade

Epitaph
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem is written in free verse.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCB

ABBA

ABAB

ABAC
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1890

1889

1980
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Determination

Loneliness

Music

Poetry
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Seven

Eight

Four

Two
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A black cloak

A red knit shawl

A white cotton dress

A yellow bonnet
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Gardening

Birdwatching

Woodworking

Stargazing
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 sister Lavinia

Her brother Austin
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Amherst

Worcester

Plymouth

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

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By comparing it to a guest at a party
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Hierarchy

Gaudiness

Stateliness

Calm
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Her siblings

Henry David Thoreau

Her countrymen

Louisa May Alcott
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1806

1867

1860

1891
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
The understanding of the world around her

Religious transcendence

Material wealth

Fame
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
The population of Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nathaniel Hawthrone
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

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