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

Heated and contentious

Relaxed and serene

Pensive and uncertain
2 What image does the speaker open the poem with?
A letter

A quill

The sun

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

The speaker attempting to overcome isolation and social judgement

The speaker attempting to avoid a large party

The speaking feeling lost in nature
4 From what source does the speaker claim to have learned the most?
Boston

Nature

Amherst

Farming
5 What word does the speaker NOT attach to nature?
Message

Judge

News

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

"This is my letter to the World"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"

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

Lyric poetry

Epitaph

Aubade
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 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?
ABAB

ABAC

ABBA

ABCB
11 When was the poem first published?
1891

1980

1890

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

Poetry

Loneliness

Music
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?
Two

Seven

Eight

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

A red knit shawl

A white cotton dress

A black cloak
15 What was one of Dickinson's major hobbies?
Stargazing

Gardening

Birdwatching

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

The founding fathers

The authors that the speaker admires

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

Her brother Austin

Her father Edward

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

Plymouth

Amherst

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

By envisioning it as a close friend

By comparing it to a guest at a party

By giving it the feminine possessive pronoun "Her"
20 What does the word "majesty" mean?
Calm

Gaudiness

Hierarchy

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?
1867

1806

1891

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

Religious transcendence

The understanding of the world around her

Material wealth
24 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The population of Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson

Nathaniel Hawthrone
25 How does the speaker characterize herself?
Calm and embracing of her town's social life

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

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