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

Relaxed and serene

Pensive and uncertain

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

Hands

A letter

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 overcome isolation and social judgement

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

Farming

Boston

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

Judge

Message

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

"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Her Message is committed"

"This is my letter to the World"
7 What is the genre of the poem?
Epitaph

War epic

Aubade

Lyric poetry
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 uses lines of dactylic hexameter.

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.
10 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBA

ABCB

ABAC

ABAB
11 When was the poem first published?
1890

1980

1891

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

Determination

Loneliness

Poetry
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Eight

Seven

Two

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

A yellow bonnet

A white cotton dress

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

Gardening

Birdwatching

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

The speaker's family

The founding fathers

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

Her sister Lavinia

Her brother Austin

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

Boston

Worcester

Plymouth
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?
Calm

Hierarchy

Gaudiness

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

Louisa May Alcott

Her siblings

Henry David Thoreau
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?
The understanding of the world around her

Religious transcendence

Material wealth

Fame
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Nathaniel Hawthrone

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The population of Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

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