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

Whiskey

Religion

Pollen
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

Four

Fifteen

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter
5 What is the poem's tone?
Harsh and comedic

Quiet and humble

Elated and freewheeling

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

Transcendentalism

The Reformation

The Civil Rights Movement
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?
Emily Dickinson

Mary Bowles

Susan B. Anthony

Louisa May Alcott
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Brooklyn Daily

The Concord Monitor

The Springfield Republican

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

Sestets

Couplets

Quatrains
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
A beacon of light

A wine glass

A church window

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

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

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

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

The roots of tree

A fox's paw

A type of flower
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

1891

1897

1861
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
The speaker

A dram of liquor

A butterfly

A bee
17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone?
Commas

Periods

Semi-colons

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

Butterflies

Oak trees

Liquor
19 Where is religious imagery introduced in the text?
In the third stanza

In the fourth stanza

In the second stanza

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

Slant rhyme

Frequent use of dashes

Unconventional capitalization
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 overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The elegance of butterflies
23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement?
The Baptists

The Pentecostals

The Methodists

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

Elegiac

Cheerful

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

Crime

Famine

War

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