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?
Pensive and uncertain

Cool and removed

Relaxed and serene

Heated and contentious
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A quill

A letter

The sun

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

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement

The speaking feeling lost in nature
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Boston

Nature

Amherst

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

Message

News

Majesty
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Her Message is committed"

"This is my letter to the World"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"

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

Aubade

War epic

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

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.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
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.

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

ABCB

ABAB

ABAC
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1980

1890

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

Determination

Music

Loneliness
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Four

Seven

Two

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

A white cotton dress

A red knit shawl

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

Woodworking

Stargazing

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

The authors that the speaker admires

The founding fathers

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

Her sister Lavinia

Her father Edward

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

Worcester

Amherst

Plymouth
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By comparing it to a guest at a party

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By using the phrase "mother nature"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Gaudiness

Hierarchy

Stateliness

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

Louisa May Alcott

Henry David Thoreau

Her countrymen
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1867

1806

1891

1860
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
Religious transcendence

Material wealth

Fame

The understanding of the world around her
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Emily Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nathaniel Hawthrone

The population of Massachusetts
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Lonely and fascinated by nature

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Happy and uncurious

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

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