I taste a liquor never brewed Quizzes

I taste a liquor never brewed Quiz

1 What is the "liquor never brewed" to which the speaker refers?
Religion

Whiskey

Nature

Pollen
2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to?
A tankard

A harbor

A beehive

A tavern
3 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Fifteen

Seven

Four

One
4 What is the poem's meter?
Ballad metre

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic hexameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Sober and serious

Elated and freewheeling

Harsh and comedic

Quiet and humble
6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem?
Transcendentalism

The Temperance Movement

The Reformation

The Civil Rights Movement
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?
Louisa May Alcott

Emily Dickinson

Susan B. Anthony

Mary Bowles
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Springfield Republican

The Concord Monitor

The Brooklyn Daily

The Boston Globe
9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Quatrains

Couplets

Monostitches

Sestets
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
Biblical angels

A beacon of light

A church window

A wine glass
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –"

"When 'Landlords' turn the drunken Bee / Out of the Foxglove's door –"

"To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!"

"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"
13 What does "Foxglove" refer to?
A type of flower

A fox's paw

The roots of tree

A tavern door
14 What is the poem's setting?
A busy whaling port

A beehive

A cabin in the dead of winter

An unnamed countryside during a summer day
15 When was this poem published?
1861

1891

1955

1897
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A dram of liquor

The speaker

A bee

A butterfly
17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone?
Exclamation points

Semi-colons

Commas

Periods
18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?
Oak trees

Liquor

Bees

Butterflies
19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text?
In the second stanza

In the third stanza

In the fourth stanza

In the first stanza
20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies?
Unconventional capitalization

Rhyme royal

Slant rhyme

Frequent use of dashes
21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem?
Drams

Tankards

Saints

Foxgloves
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The elegance of butterflies

The dangers of alcohol

The fear of getting lost in the woods
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Methodists

The Pentecostals

The Calvinists

The Baptists
24 What word best describes the poem's opening line?
Inquisitive

Cheerful

Elegiac

Paradoxical
25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused?
Famine

War

Crime

Inclement weather

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