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?

Religion

Nature

Whiskey

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?

One

Seven

Four

Fifteen
4 What is the poem's meter?

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Ballad metre

Iambic tetrameter
5 What is the poem's tone?

Harsh and comedic

Elated and freewheeling

Quiet and humble

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

Transcendentalism

The Temperance Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

The Reformation
7 Who held the first Women's Temperance Convention?

Mary Bowles

Susan B. Anthony

Louisa May Alcott

Emily Dickinson
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

Quatrains

Couplets

Monostitches
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Not all the Frankfort Berries"

"I taste a liquor never brewed –"

"Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –"

"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 –"

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

"To see the little Tippler Leaning against the – Sun!"
13 What does "Foxglove" refer to?

The roots of tree

A type of flower

A tavern door

A fox's paw
14 What is the poem's setting?

An unnamed countryside during a summer day

A cabin in the dead of winter

A beehive

A busy whaling port
15 When was this poem published?

1955

1897

1891

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

A butterfly

The speaker

A dram of liquor

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

Periods

Semi-colons

Exclamation points

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

Bees

Liquor

Oak trees

Butterflies
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?

Unconventional capitalization

Rhyme royal

Frequent use of dashes

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

Drams

Saints

Foxgloves

Tankards
22 What is the poem's central theme?

The dangers of alcohol

The overwhelming effect of nature's beauty

The fear of getting lost in the woods

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?

Paradoxical

Elegiac

Inquisitive

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

Famine

Crime

War

Inclement weather

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