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Quiz about The Belle Of Amherst Emily Dickinson

The Belle Of Amherst, Emily Dickinson Quiz

A short quiz on a few of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems.

A multiple-choice quiz by jericha. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jericha

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
123,531

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In poem #67, or "Success is counted sweetest", what color was the host? Hint

purple

green

red

yellow

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Question 2 of 10

2. In poem #249, "Wild Nights---Wild Nights!", where is she rowing? Hint

Eden

ocean

sea

Babylon

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the rafter made of in poem #216, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers"? Hint

wood

stone

satin

linen

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Question 4 of 10

4. How does she keep the Sabbath in poem #324, "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church---"? Hint

by going to church

by fasting

by praying

by staying at home

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Question 5 of 10

5. What type of royalty does she mention in #303, "The Soul selects her own Society---"? Hint

emperor

queen

king

empress

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the stillness like in poem #465, "I heard a Fly buzz---when I died---"? Hint

none of these

right after the storm

between heaves of a storm

before a storm

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the narrator's scarf made of in poem #712, "Because I could not stop for Death---"? Hint

gossamer

velvet

satin

tulle

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Question 8 of 10

8. How does she describe the shaft in #986, "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"? Hint

striped

small

long

spotted

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Question 9 of 10

9. What kind of assassin is there in #1624, "Apparently with no surprise"? Hint

little

blonde

brunette

lethal

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Question 10 of 10

10. In poem #441, "This is my letter to the World", did the world ever write back?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In poem #67, or "Success is counted sweetest", what color was the host?

Answer: purple

In the first line of the second stanza: "Not one of all the purple Host" FYI: Emily Dickinson was born in 1830.

2. In poem #249, "Wild Nights---Wild Nights!", where is she rowing?

Answer: Eden

In the first line of the third stanza: "Rowing in Eden---" FYI: She sent in four of her poems to "The Atlantic Monthly", from which she received immediate response.

3. What is the rafter made of in poem #216, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers"?

Answer: satin

In the fourth line of the first stanza: "Rafter of Satin---and Roof of Stone!" FYI: Dickinson began a correspondence with Thomas Wentworth Higginson that lasted 22 years.

4. How does she keep the Sabbath in poem #324, "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church---"?

Answer: by staying at home

In the second line of the first stanza: "I keep it, staying at Home" FYI: After her death Higginson assisted in gathering her poems for publication.

5. What type of royalty does she mention in #303, "The Soul selects her own Society---"?

Answer: emperor

In the third line of the second stanza: "Unmoved---an Emperor kneeling" FYI: Only eight of her poems were published while she was alive. She wrote in irregular rhythms, and off or slant ryhymes.

6. What was the stillness like in poem #465, "I heard a Fly buzz---when I died---"?

Answer: between heaves of a storm

In the fourth line of the first stanza: "Between the Heaves of Storm" FYI: Four years after her death "Poems by Emily Dickinson" was available to the public.

7. What was the narrator's scarf made of in poem #712, "Because I could not stop for Death---"?

Answer: tulle

In the fourth stanza, the fourth line: "My Tippet(scarf)---only Tulle" FYI: And, with her complete poems published in 1955, Emily Dickinson finally became regarded as one of America's great lyrical poets.

8. How does she describe the shaft in #986, "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"?

Answer: spotted

In the second line of the second stanza: "A spotted shaft is seen" FYI: Dickinson spent practically her entire life at her home and birthplace in Amherst. She only traveled a few times to Boston and Washington, D.C.

9. What kind of assassin is there in #1624, "Apparently with no surprise"?

Answer: blonde

In the fifth line: "The blonde Assassin passes on---" FYI: As she got older she withdrew from society, and hardly ever left her home. From there she would write poetry and letters, and watch the outside world from her upstairs window.

10. In poem #441, "This is my letter to the World", did the world ever write back?

Answer: No

In the second line: "That never wrote to Me---" FYI: Emily Dickinson died in 1886, and at the time of her death had written nearly 1,800 poems. She had written about love, death, nature, immortality, and beauty.

Source: Author jericha

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