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?
Nature

Pollen

Whiskey

Religion
2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to?
A beehive

A harbor

A tankard

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

One

Fifteen

Four
4 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic hexameter

Ballad metre
5 What is the poem's tone?
Harsh and comedic

Elated and freewheeling

Sober and serious

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

The Civil Rights Movement

The Reformation

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

Susan B. Anthony

Emily Dickinson

Mary Bowles
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Brooklyn Daily

The Concord Monitor

The Boston Globe

The Springfield Republican
9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Sestets

Monostitches

Quatrains

Couplets
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
A church window

A beacon of light

A wine glass

Biblical angels
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 beehive

A cabin in the dead of winter

An unnamed countryside during a summer day

A busy whaling port
15 When was this poem published?
1955

1897

1891

1861
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A bee

A butterfly

A dram of liquor

The speaker
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?
Liquor

Bees

Oak trees

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

In the first stanza

In the third stanza

In the second stanza
20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies?
Rhyme royal

Unconventional capitalization

Frequent use of dashes

Slant rhyme
21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem?
Foxgloves

Saints

Drams

Tankards
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The fear of getting lost in the woods

The elegance of butterflies

The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The dangers of alcohol
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Pentecostals

The Baptists

The Methodists

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

Paradoxical

Elegiac

Cheerful
25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused?
Crime

War

Famine

Inclement weather

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