I could bring You Jewels—had I a mind to— Quizzes

I could bring You Jewels—had I a mind to— Quiz

1 How many stanzas are in the poem?
6

3

4

1
2 What does "odors" mean in the context of the poem?
Medicine

Perfume

Memories

Wind
3 Which of the following, as it appears in the poem, is an instance of metonymy?
"Odors"

"Jewels"

"You"

"Flame"
4 Which of the following accurately describes the speaker's tone?
Listless

Mocking

Assertive

Furious
5 What does the word "mind," in the context of the poem, mean?
Intellect

Desire

Guard

Consciousness
6 What is topaz?
A poetic form

A type of flower

The name of Dickinson's father

A yellow-colored gemstone
7 What does the word "swing" refer to in this poem?
A moment of indecisiveness

A flower stem

A woman's hair

A child's playground swing
8 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAC

ABCB

ABBA

ABAB
9 What does "Bobadilo" most closely mean in this work?
A rich or powerful person

A type of flower native to New England

A town in El Salvador

A minor character from the New Testament
10 The line "Berries of Bahamas—have I—" prominently includes what?
Assonance

Internal rhyme

Alliteration

Metonymy
11 Which of the following presents does the speaker NOT reject?
Perfumes

Fabrics

Berries

Dyes
12 Which word best characterizes the relationship between the speaker and the addressee?
Tumultuous

Affectionate

Passionate

Cold
13 What is the poem's meter?
Trochaic pentameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

Its meter is irregular
14 Which of the following phrases contains an instance of metaphor?
"I could bring You Jewels—had I a mind to—"

"Berries of Bahamas"

"Suits Me—more than those—"

"And his Emerald Swing—"
15 Who is the poem's speaker?
The speaker is not identified

A mother

A young girl

A widower
16 Where, broadly, are the locations Dickinson alludes to in this work?
Australia

Latin America

Northern Europe

New England
17 Which present does the speaker ultimately prefer?
A candle

A jewel

A flower

A handwritten letter
18 Where is Vera Cruz?
Massachusetts

Portugal

The Bahamas

Mexico
19 What is the conflict driving the poem?
The speaker's desire for wealth

The speaker's choice of a gift

The speaker's longing to leave the city

The speaker's grief for a loved one
20 Which of the following does the speaker say about the flower?
It could serve as a dowry for a rich man

It could be traded for all the jewels in America

It seems to have been imported from an island

It looks as if it has been painted by a skilled artist
21 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Feminism and gender roles

Nature

Work

Immigration
22 When was this poem written?
The 1590s

The 1860s

The 1780s

The 1960s
23 Which of the following devices is especially prominent in this work?
Simile

Caesura

Hyperbole

Foreshadowing
24 Which broad historical phenomenon does this poem critique?
The movement for women's suffrage

Consumerism

The secularization of America

The expansion of slavery
25 What is St. Domingo?
A town in what is now California

The capital of the Dominican Republic

A cathedral in Boston

A city in Spain

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