1 Which of the following is true about the funeral referenced in line one? It is an extended metaphor for an experience unfolding in the speakers psyche It sets the stage for a critique of how death was viewed in 19th-century society The speaker is imagining the scene after her own future death It is an oblique reference to the death of Dickinson's close friend Thomas Wentworth Higginson 2 Which of these is NOT a reason that Dickinson is often regarded as a quasi-mystical, singular "genius"? She wrote difficult, obscure, and radically experimental poetry No one she knew was aware she wrote poetry until after her death She didn't participate in mainstream 19th-century literary society, through publishing, for example Because she was a woman, her poetic accomplishments have often been viewed as inexplicable and/or strange 3 Which of the following themes is explored in "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain"? The possible existence of an afterlife The impact that mental illness or disturbance has on the artistic process Religious faith and the difficulties in maintaining it The nature and limits of human understanding 4 Dickinson's poetry can be described as falling into the tradition of Lyric poetry Futurist poetry Modernist poetry Symbolist poetry 5 The third lines of the first two stanzas are an instance of Anaphora Irony Understatement Parallelism 6 What's one purpose for which Dickinson employs non-standard punctuation at certain points in the poem? She wants to point out the elitism inherent in standard formal education To mock the strict observance of grammatical rules in other contemporary poetry To disrupt or complicate the typical metrical reading of her lines She wants us to infer that the speaker is suffering a mental breakdown 7 Which of the following is a true statement about Dickinson's rhythmic and metrical structure in this poem? There is no perceptible pattern in the meter, rhythm, or rhyme in the poem She observes a strict pattern of lines that alternate between four and three metrical units It's a parody of the form of "blank verse" popular at the time Its fundamental structure is based on the ballad or popular song 8 The phrase "A Service, like a Drum" is an example of: Simile Alliteration Foreshadowing Enjambment 9 The final stanza employs which of these literary devices? Personification Allusion Synechdoche Anaphora 10 Which of the five senses is referenced most frequently in the poem? Smell Touch Hearing Sight 11 The "Box" mentioned in line nine most likely refers to A time capsule, of sorts A box of undelivered letters A present A coffin 12 Which of the following is NOT true about the "mourners"? They are anonymous figures without any identifying features They are allegorical figures who represent an internal struggle within the speaker They are likely representations of the speaker's close friends and family The speaker never interacts with them
