1 What is the main subject of the poem A blade of grass A worm A rowboat A bird 2 What kind of stanzas does the poem contain? Quatrains Sextets Monostiches Octaves 3 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic feature of the poem? Slant rhyme Unconventional capitalization Dashes Unusual text alignment 4 Which of the following best describes the tone of the poem? Whimsical and bright Cautious and curious Plucky and determined Depressed and somber 5 How many stanzas does the poem have Two Five Ten Seven 6 When was the poem published? 1861 1918 1891 1898 7 What is the setting of the poem? Cape Cod A frozen lake The countryside, likely a grassy field The Maine woods 8 What is the bird eating in the first stanza? A beetle A worm Seeds A butterfly 9 Which of the following actions does NOT complicate the speaker's portrait of the bird? Clearing out of the path of a beetle Staring at her Drinking dew from a blade of grass Flying home 10 From what trade does Dickinson draw the imagery in the fourth stanza from? Tailoring Seafaring Capentry Gardening 11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "He glanced with rapid eyes," "And ate the fellow, raw," "I offered him a Crumb," "Than Oars divide the Ocean," 12 What was the conventional use of dashes in poetry? To indicate repetition and interjection To substitute for periods To indicate enjambment To replace semicolons 13 What does the opening scene most closely resemble? The retelling of a ghost story The rewriting of a family narrative The recreation of a crime scene The reminiscence of a summer afternoon 14 What meter does the poem make use of? Lines of trochaic octameter Lines of iambic pentameter Lines of dactylic hexameter Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter 15 By the poem's end, how does the speaker come to view the bird? Murderous Noble Dull Too complex to categorize 16 To what does the speaker compare the bird in the final stanza? A rowboat and butterflies A snake The sun and a swarm of bees The ocean 17 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the bird attacks the speaker and she flees When the speaker offers the bird a crumb and it takes flight When the bird drinks dew When the bird consumes the worm 18 What does the term "Angle Worm" refer to? A ruler A protractor A worm found only on sandy beaches A worm used for bait fishing 19 Which of the following is an example of hyperbole in the poem? The speaker's dramatic depiction of the bird consuming a worm The bird's graceful flight home The speaker's trepidation about giving the bird a crumb The bird's rapidly moving eyes 20 What is a major theme in the poem? The dangers of the ocean The unknowability of nature The curiosity of children The pain of unrequited love 21 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? A rowboat The worm Butterflies A whale 22 Which pair of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem? "Grass" and "pass" "Seam" and "swim" "Saw" and "raw" "Walk" and "halves" 23 What effect did Dickinson achieve with the use of dashes in her work? Reference other poets Shift the meaning of individual words Alter the rhyme scheme Segment individual images 24 What does the bird's final flight represent? The speaker's desire to be free Its escape of the speaker's gaze and understanding The dangers of the natural world The difficulty of returning home 25 Which contemporary poet also made use of the dash in their work? Nathaniel Hawthorne Elizabeth Bishop Walt Whitman Edgar Allan Poe
