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?
Whiskey

Nature

Religion

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

A beehive

A harbor

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

Four

Seven

One
4 What is the poem's meter?
Trochaic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Ballad metre
5 What is the poem's tone?
Harsh and comedic

Quiet and humble

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?
Susan B. Anthony

Emily Dickinson

Louisa May Alcott

Mary Bowles
8 Where was this poem originally published?
The Springfield Republican

The Concord Monitor

The Brooklyn Daily

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

Couplets

Monostitches

Quatrains
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Not all the Frankfort Berries"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days –"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"
11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem?
Biblical angels

A wine glass

A church window

A beacon of light
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!"

"Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –"

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

"I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –"
13 What does "Foxglove" refer to?
A fox's paw

The roots of tree

A type of flower

A tavern door
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

1861

1897

1891
16 Who is the "little tippler" referenced in the fourth stanza?
A dram of liquor

A bee

A butterfly

The speaker
17 What punctuation in the poem effectively conveys its tone?
Exclamation points

Periods

Semi-colons

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

Oak trees

Liquor

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

In the third 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?
Saints

Drams

Foxgloves

Tankards
22 What is the poem's central theme?
The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The fear of getting lost in the woods

The dangers of alcohol

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

Elegiac

Inquisitive

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

Famine

War

Crime

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