This Is My Letter to the World Quizzes

This Is My Letter to the World Quiz

1 Which adjectives best describes the tone of poem?
Pensive and uncertain

Cool and removed

Relaxed and serene

Heated and contentious
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
Hands

A quill

The sun

A letter
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaking feeling lost in nature

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Amherst

Nature

Boston

Farming
5 What word does the speaker NOT attach to nature?
Majesty

Message

News

Judge
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Judge tenderly—of Me"

"This is my letter to the World"

"Her Message is committed"

"The simple News that Nature told—"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
War epic

Epitaph

Lyric poetry

Aubade
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem is written in free verse.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCB

ABAC

ABAB

ABBA
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1890

1889

1980
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Poetry

Music

Loneliness

Determination
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Four

Two

Seven

Eight
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A red knit shawl

A black cloak

A yellow bonnet

A white cotton dress
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Birdwatching

Stargazing

Gardening

Woodworking
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?
The speaker's social circle

The founding fathers

The speaker's family

The authors that the speaker admires
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her sister Lavinia

Her father Edward

Her mother Emily

Her brother Austin
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Boston

Amherst

Plymouth

Worcester
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By envisioning it as a close friend

By using the phrase "mother nature"

By comparing it to a guest at a party

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Stateliness

Gaudiness

Calm

Hierarchy
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Her countrymen

Her siblings

Henry David Thoreau

Louisa May Alcott
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1867

1806

1860

1891
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
The understanding of the world around her

Material wealth

Fame

Religious transcendence
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The population of Massachusetts

Nathaniel Hawthrone

Emily Dickinson
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Happy and uncurious

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

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