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?
Cool and removed

Pensive and uncertain

Heated and contentious

Relaxed and serene
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A letter

The sun

A quill

Hands
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaking feeling lost in nature

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Nature

Amherst

Farming

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

Message

News

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

"This is my letter to the World"

"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Her Message is committed"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
Aubade

Lyric poetry

War epic

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

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

The poem is written in free verse.

The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBA

ABAC

ABCB

ABAB
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1890

1980

1889
12 What is one-sided correspondence a metaphor for in the poem?
Music

Loneliness

Determination

Poetry
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Eight

Two

Seven

Four
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 founding fathers

The speaker's family

The speaker's social circle

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

Her mother Emily

Her father Edward

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

Plymouth

Boston

Amherst
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By comparing it to a guest at a party

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By using the phrase "mother nature"

By envisioning it as a close friend
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Calm

Hierarchy

Gaudiness

Stateliness
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Her siblings

Henry David Thoreau

Her countrymen

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

Fame

Material wealth

Religious transcendence
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Emily Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nathaniel Hawthrone

The population of Massachusetts
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

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