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?
Pollen

Nature

Religion

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

A tavern

A beehive

A harbor
3 How many stanzas does the poem have?
One

Fifteen

Four

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

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Quiet and humble

Elated and freewheeling

Harsh and comedic

Sober and serious
6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem?
The Reformation

The Temperance Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

Transcendentalism
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?
Mary Bowles

Emily Dickinson

Susan B. Anthony

Louisa May Alcott
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Springfield Republican

The Concord Monitor

The Boston Globe

The Brooklyn Daily
9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain?
Couplets

Monostitches

Sestets

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

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
A beacon of light

Biblical angels

A church window

A wine glass
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"

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

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

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –"
13 What does "Foxglove" refer to?
A type of flower

A tavern door

The roots of tree

A fox's paw
14 What is the poem's setting?
An unnamed countryside during a summer day

A cabin in the dead of winter

A beehive

A busy whaling port
15 When was this poem published?
1861

1897

1955

1891
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A butterfly

The speaker

A bee

A dram of liquor
17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone?
Commas

Semi-colons

Periods

Exclamation points
18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem?
Liquor

Bees

Butterflies

Oak trees
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?
Frequent use of dashes

Slant rhyme

Unconventional capitalization

Rhyme royal
21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem?
Tankards

Saints

Foxgloves

Drams
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The dangers of alcohol

The elegance of butterflies

The fear of getting lost in the woods

The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Pentecostals

The Baptists

The Calvinists

The Methodists
24 What word best describes the poem's opening line?
Paradoxical

Cheerful

Inquisitive

Elegiac
25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused?
War

Crime

Famine

Inclement weather

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