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

Whiskey

Religion

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

A harbor

A beehive

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

One

Fifteen

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

Iambic pentameter

Ballad metre

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

Quiet and humble

Harsh and comedic

Elated and freewheeling
6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem?
The Temperance Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

The Reformation

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

Susan B. Anthony

Emily Dickinson

Louisa May Alcott
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Concord Monitor

The Springfield Republican

The Brooklyn Daily

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

Sestets

Monostitches

Quatrains
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 church window

Biblical angels

A beacon of light

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

The roots of tree

A tavern door

A fox's paw
14 What is the poem's setting?
A beehive

A busy whaling port

A cabin in the dead of winter

An unnamed countryside during a summer day
15 When was this poem published?
1955

1897

1861

1891
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
The speaker

A butterfly

A dram of liquor

A bee
17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone?
Semi-colons

Exclamation points

Periods

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

Oak trees

Butterflies

Bees
19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text?
In the first stanza

In the second stanza

In the third stanza

In the fourth stanza
20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies?
Slant rhyme

Unconventional capitalization

Frequent use of dashes

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

Drams

Saints

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

The dangers of alcohol

The elegance of butterflies

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

The Baptists

The Pentecostals

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?
Crime

War

Famine

Inclement weather

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