1 What is the "liquor never brewed" to which the speaker refers? Pollen Nature Religion Whiskey 2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to? A tavern A harbor A beehive A tankard 3 How many stanzas does the poem have? One Seven Four Fifteen 4 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter Ballad metre Trochaic hexameter Iambic tetrameter 5 What is the poem's tone? Elated and freewheeling Sober and serious Harsh and comedic Quiet and humble 6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem? The Temperance Movement The Civil Rights Movement Transcendentalism The Reformation 7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention? Emily Dickinson Louisa May Alcott Mary Bowles Susan B. Anthony 8 Where was this poem originally published? The Boston Globe The Concord Monitor The Springfield Republican The Brooklyn Daily 9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Sestets Quatrains Monostitches Couplets 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Not all the Frankfort Berries" "Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –" "I taste a liquor never brewed –" "Reeling – thro' endless summer days –" 11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem? A wine glass A beacon of light A church window Biblical angels 12 Which of the following lines contains personification? "I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –" "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!" 13 What does "Foxglove" refer to? A fox's paw A type of flower A tavern door The roots of tree 14 What is the poem's setting? An unnamed countryside during a summer day A beehive A busy whaling port A cabin in the dead of winter 15 When was this poem published? 1955 1897 1891 1861 16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza? The speaker A bee A butterfly A dram of liquor 17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone? Semi-colons Commas Periods Exclamation points 18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Butterflies Liquor Bees Oak trees 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 Frequent use of dashes Slant rhyme Rhyme royal 21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem? Saints Tankards Drams Foxgloves 22 What is the poem's central theme? The dangers of alcohol The fear of getting lost in the woods The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty The elegance of butterflies 23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement? The Calvinists The Baptists The Methodists The Pentecostals 24 What word best describes the poem's opening line? Paradoxical Cheerful Elegiac Inquisitive 25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused? Crime Inclement weather Famine War
