This Is My Letter to the World Quizzes

This Is My Letter to the World Quiz

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed April 10, 2022

1 Which adjectives best describes the tone of poem?

Cool and removed

Relaxed and serene

Heated and contentious

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

A quill

Hands

A letter

The sun
3 What is the major conflict of the poem?

The speaker feeling oppressed by her family

The speaking feeling lost in nature

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?

Amherst

Nature

Boston

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

Majesty

Judge

Message

News
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"This is my letter to the World"

"The simple News that Nature told—"

"Judge tenderly—of Me"

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

Aubade

Epitaph

War epic

Lyric poetry
8 When does the poem's climax occur?

When the speaker describes nature.

When the speaker feels accepted in her community.

When the speaker declares her intention to write a letter.

When the speaker asks her countrymen to judge her tenderly.
9 What is the meter of the poem?

The poem is written in free verse.

The poem alternates between iambic pentameter and hexameter.

The poem alternates between lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.

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

ABAB

ABAC

ABCB

ABBA
11 When was the poem first published?

1890

1980

1891

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

Loneliness

Poetry

Music

Determination
13 How many stanzas does the poem have?

Four

Seven

Eight

Two
14 What article of clothing was Dickinson frequently seen wearing in her hometown?

A white cotton dress

A red knit shawl

A yellow bonnet

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

Gardening

Birdwatching

Stargazing

Woodworking
16 What does the term "countrymen" refer to in the poem?

The speaker's family

The speaker's social circle

The founding fathers

The authors that the speaker admires
17 Which member of Dickinson's family tried to shield her privacy?

Her sister Lavinia

Her father Edward

Her mother Emily

Her brother Austin
18 What town did Dickinson reside in?

Worcester

Amherst

Plymouth

Boston
19 How does the speaker personify nature?

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

Stateliness

Hierarchy

Calm

Gaudiness
21 Who does the speaker address in this poem?

Louisa May Alcott

Her siblings

Her countrymen

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

1860

1891

1867

1806
23 What does the speaker hope to gain from writing this poem?

Fame

Religious transcendence

Material wealth

The understanding of the world around her
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?

Angry and frustrated with the world around her

Lonely and fascinated by nature

Happy and uncurious

Calm and embracing of her town's social life

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