1 What is the "liquor never brewed" to which the speaker refers? Pollen Nature Whiskey Religion 2 What does Dickinson compare a foxglove to? A harbor A tavern A tankard A beehive 3 How many stanzas does the poem have? One Four Seven Fifteen 4 What is the poem's meter? Ballad metre Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Trochaic hexameter 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? The Civil Rights Movement The Reformation The Temperance Movement Transcendentalism 7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention? Mary Bowles Emily Dickinson Louisa May Alcott Susan B. Anthony 8 Where was this poem originally published? The Boston Globe The Brooklyn Daily The Concord Monitor The Springfield Republican 9 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Quatrains Monostitches Couplets Sestets 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "I taste a liquor never brewed –" "Not all the Frankfort Berries" "Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –" "Reeling – thro' endless summer days –" 11 What does the word "seraph" allude to in the poem? Biblical angels A church window A beacon of light A wine glass 12 Which of the following lines contains personification? "To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!" "I taste a liquor never brewed – / From Tankards scooped in Pearl –" "Reeling – thro' endless summer days – From inns of molten Blue –" "When 'Landlords' turn the drunken Bee / Out of the Foxglove's door –" 13 What does "Foxglove" refer to? A fox's paw A type of flower The roots of tree A tavern door 14 What is the poem's setting? An unnamed countryside during a summer day A busy whaling port A beehive A cabin in the dead of winter 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 A bee The speaker 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 first stanza In the third stanza In the fourth stanza In the second stanza 20 Which of the following is NOT one of Dickinson's idiosyncrasies? Frequent use of dashes Slant rhyme Rhyme royal Unconventional capitalization 21 Which of the following is a religious symbol in the poem? Drams Tankards Foxgloves Saints 22 What is the poem's central theme? The elegance of butterflies The fear of getting lost in the woods The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty The dangers of alcohol 23 What religious sect took the most active role in the temperance movement? The Baptists The Calvinists The Methodists The Pentecostals 24 What word best describes the poem's opening line? Cheerful Inquisitive Elegiac Paradoxical 25 What did proponents of the temperance movement believe alcohol caused? Famine Inclement weather Crime War
