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?
A letter

Hands

The sun

A quill
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?
The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaking feeling lost in nature

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?
Majesty

Judge

News

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

"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Her Message is committed"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"
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 asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker describes nature.
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 alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

The poem is written in free verse.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBA

ABAB

ABCB

ABAC
11 When was the poem first published?
1889

1890

1980

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

Determination

Music

Poetry
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Seven

Eight

Two

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

A red knit shawl

A black cloak

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

Stargazing

Birdwatching

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

The founding fathers

The speaker's family

The speaker's social circle
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?
Her brother Austin

Her sister Lavinia

Her father Edward

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

Worcester

Boston

Plymouth
19 How does the speaker personify nature?
By using the phrase "mother nature"

By envisioning it as a close friend

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"

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

Calm

Gaudiness

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

Her countrymen

Louisa May Alcott

Henry David Thoreau
22 When did Dickinson begin to withdraw from her social circle?
1806

1891

1860

1867
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?
The understanding of the world around her

Fame

Religious transcendence

Material wealth
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
The population of Massachusetts

Nathaniel Hawthrone

Emily Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Lonely and fascinated by nature

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Happy and uncurious

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