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?
Cool and removed

Relaxed and serene

Heated and contentious

Pensive and uncertain
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
The sun

A quill

Hands

A letter
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaking feeling lost in nature

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Nature

Boston

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"

"Her Message is committed"

"This is my letter to the World"

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

Aubade

War epic

Epitaph
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem is written in free verse.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAC

ABBA

ABAB

ABCB
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1890

1980

1889
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Poetry

Loneliness

Determination

Music
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Seven

Four

Eight

Two
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A white cotton dress

A red knit shawl

A yellow bonnet

A black cloak
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Gardening

Stargazing

Woodworking

Birdwatching
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?
The founding fathers

The speaker's social circle

The speaker's family

The authors that the speaker admires
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her father Edward

Her mother Emily

Her brother Austin

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

Plymouth

Boston

Worcester
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By using the phrase "mother nature"

By envisioning it as a close friend

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

Gaudiness

Stateliness

Hierarchy
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Her countrymen

Her siblings

Henry David Thoreau

Louisa May Alcott
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1860

1867

1806

1891
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
Religious transcendence

Material wealth

The understanding of the world around her

Fame
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The population of Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson

Nathaniel Hawthrone
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Happy and uncurious

Lonely and fascinated by nature

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