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

Religion

Pollen

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

A tankard

A beehive

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

Four

Seven

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic hexameter

Ballad metre
5 What is the poem's tone?
Quiet and humble

Sober and serious

Harsh and comedic

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

The Reformation

The Temperance Movement

The Civil Rights Movement
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 Springfield Republican

The Brooklyn Daily

The Concord Monitor

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

Couplets

Quatrains

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

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"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

A wine glass

Biblical angels

A church window
12 Which of the following lines contains personification?
"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 –"

"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 tavern door

A type of flower
14 What is the poem's setting?
A busy whaling port

A cabin in the dead of winter

A beehive

An unnamed countryside during a summer day
15 When was this poem published?
1897

1861

1955

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

The speaker

A dram of liquor

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

Semi-colons

Exclamation points

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

Oak trees

Liquor

Butterflies
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?
Unconventional capitalization

Rhyme royal

Frequent use of dashes

Slant rhyme
21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem?
Saints

Tankards

Foxgloves

Drams
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 Methodists

The Calvinists

The Baptists
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?
Crime

Inclement weather

War

Famine

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