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?
Heated and contentious

Pensive and uncertain

Cool and removed

Relaxed and serene
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
The sun

A letter

Hands

A quill
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 feeling oppressed by her family

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

Farming

Nature

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

Majesty

Message

News
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"

"This is my letter to the World"

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

Lyric poetry

War epic

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

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.
9 What is the meter of the poem?
The poem is written in free verse.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

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

ABAB

ABCB

ABBA
11 When was the poem first published?
1890

1891

1980

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

Determination

Poetry

Loneliness
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Two

Eight

Seven

Four
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?
A yellow bonnet

A black cloak

A white cotton dress

A red knit shawl
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Birdwatching

Woodworking

Gardening

Stargazing
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?
The speaker's family

The authors that the speaker admires

The speaker's social circle

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

Her father Edward

Her brother Austin

Her mother Emily
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Worcester

Amherst

Plymouth

Boston
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By comparing it to a guest at a party

By using the phrase "mother nature"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Stateliness

Hierarchy

Calm

Gaudiness
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?
Henry David Thoreau

Her siblings

Louisa May Alcott

Her countrymen
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1806

1891

1867

1860
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
Fame

The understanding of the world around her

Religious transcendence

Material wealth
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?
Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

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