1 What is the "liquor never brewed" to which the speaker refers? Whiskey Religion Pollen Nature 2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to? A harbor A tavern A beehive A tankard 3 How many stanzas does the poem have? One Seven Four Fifteen 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 Harsh and comedic Sober and serious Elated and freewheeling 6 What historical movement was Dickinson influenced by in the writing of this poem? The Reformation The Civil Rights Movement Transcendentalism The Temperance 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 Springfield Republican The Boston Globe The Brooklyn Daily The Concord Monitor 9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Monostitches Couplets Sestets Quatrains 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 wine glass Biblical angels A beacon of light 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 –" "To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!" "When 'Landlords' turn the drunken Bee / Out of the Foxglove's door –" 13 What does "Foxglove" refer to? A type of flower The roots of tree A fox's paw A tavern door 14 What is the poem's setting? A cabin in the dead of winter A busy whaling port An unnamed countryside during a summer day A beehive 15 When was this poem published? 1897 1861 1891 1955 16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza? A butterfly A dram of liquor The speaker A bee 17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone? Semi-colons Periods Exclamation points Commas 18 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Bees Liquor Butterflies 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 Slant rhyme 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 elegance of butterflies The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty The fear of getting lost in the woods 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? Elegiac Cheerful Paradoxical Inquisitive 25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused? Inclement weather War Crime Famine
