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 feeling oppressed by her family

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Boston

Farming

Amherst

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

News

Majesty

Message
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"This is my letter to the World"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"

"The simple News that Nature told—"

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

Aubade

Lyric poetry

Epitaph
8 When does the poem's climax occur?
When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker describes nature.

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

The poem uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

The poem is written in free verse.

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

ABAB

ABAC

ABCB
11 When was the poem first published?
1889

1890

1891

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

Music

Poetry

Loneliness
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Four

Seven

Two

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

A white cotton dress

A black cloak

A yellow bonnet
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Gardening

Woodworking

Birdwatching

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

The authors that the speaker admires

The speaker's family

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

Her sister Lavinia

Her mother Emily

Her father Edward
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?
Worcester

Boston

Plymouth

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

By envisioning it as a close friend

By using the phrase "mother nature"

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

Stateliness

Hierarchy

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

Louisa May Alcott

Henry David Thoreau

Her siblings
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1867

1860

1806

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

Religious transcendence

Material wealth

Fame
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?
Happy and uncurious

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

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