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?
Relaxed and serene

Pensive and uncertain

Heated and contentious

Cool and removed
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
Hands

A letter

A quill

The sun
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 speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaking feeling lost in nature
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Nature

Farming

Amherst

Boston
5 What word does the speaker NOT attach to nature?
Message

Judge

Majesty

News
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?
Aubade

Lyric poetry

Epitaph

War epic
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

The poem is written in free verse.

The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

ABAC

ABCB

ABBA
11 When was the poem first published?
1889

1980

1890

1891
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Music

Loneliness

Determination

Poetry
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 yellow bonnet

A black cloak

A red knit shawl

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

Birdwatching

Woodworking

Stargazing
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?
The authors that the speaker admires

The speaker's social circle

The speaker's family

The founding fathers
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her brother Austin

Her father Edward

Her mother Emily

Her sister Lavinia
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Worcester

Amherst

Plymouth

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

By using the phrase "mother nature"

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By comparing it to a guest at a party
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Gaudiness

Calm

Hierarchy

Stateliness
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?
1806

1860

1867

1891
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
Material wealth

The understanding of the world around her

Fame

Religious transcendence
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
The population of Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nathaniel Hawthrone
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Lonely and fascinated by nature

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Happy and uncurious

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

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