1 What is the first image the speaker encounters? Mermaids Frigates Whales Krakens 2 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration? "Until We met the Solid Town –" "Went past my simple Shoe –" "But no Man moved Me – till the Tide" "Extended Hempen Hands –" 3 What kind of ship does the speaker see in the second stanza of the poem? Rowboats Luxury liners Frigates Submarines 4 What words best describe the emotional shift of the poem? Wonder to fear Anger to panic Happiness to despair Anxiety to comfort 5 What is the setting of the poem? A harbor A coral reef The beach The deck of a ship 6 Which of the following things is personified as man in the poem? Mermaids The ocean A whaling ship Seagulls 7 Who is the poem's protagonist? The speaker The frigates The mermaids The speaker's dog 8 What is the most famous story about mermaids? "Undine" "The Sea Lady" "Creature from the Black Lagoon" "The Little Mermaid" 9 How many stanzas does the poem have? 6 2 12 3 10 Which of the following is the Scottish iteration of the mermaid myth? Sea nymphs Salamanders Selkies Sirens 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABAB ABCB None 12 Who wrote the The Little Mermaid? Herman Melville Hans Christian Anderson Emily Dickinson H.G. Wells 13 What grabs the speaker? The hands of a mermaid Ropes from a frigate The arms of a man The tide of the ocean 14 What word best describes the tone of the poem? Serene Confident Insecure Uneasy 15 To what does the speaker compare being devoured by the ocean? A needle in a haystack A grain of a sand in the desert A bee in a hive A dewdrop on a dandelion sleeve 16 What effect does personification NOT have in the poem? Articulates the fears women had about their safety and wellbeing Captures the volatility and danger of the water Describes the way the light bounces off of the surface of a wave Showcases the range of emotions the ocean can elicit 17 What is the climax of the poem? The speaker feeling like a mouse The speaker's attempt to escape the water The speaker seeing the mermaids The arrival of the speaker's dog 18 The lines "And Frigates – in the Upper Floor / Extended Hempen Hands" contain which of the following? Personification Onomatopoeia Irony Understatment 19 When was the poem published? 1955 1861 1891 1981 20 Who is the antagonist of the poem? The hempen hands The speaker's dog The masculine ocean The mermaids 21 What best describes the poem's genre? Romantic poetry Nature poetry Light verse Limerick 22 How does the line "I felt his Silver Heel" function in the poem's fourth stanza? It connotes danger and panic It shows the creature that has been hiding the waves It underscores class It reveals the speaker as an unreliable narrator 23 How does the poem end? With the departure of a ship With the speaker's demise With the speaker's narrow escape With the swimming of mermaids 24 What does Dickinson refer to with the phrase "hempen hands"? Ropes aboard a ship The pull of the waves Rock on the beach The hands of sea creature 25 What mythological creature does the poem allude to? The Loch Ness Monster Mermaids Sea serpents Leviathan
