I'm Nobody, Who are You?

Authored by David Villarreal

English

8th Grade

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This quiz focuses on Emily Dickinson's poem "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" and targets 8th grade students studying American poetry and literary analysis. The questions assess students' ability to make text-based inferences about character motivation, analyze how poetic structure contributes to meaning, and interpret figurative language and metaphor. Students need to understand the concept of speaker versus author, recognize extended metaphors (the frog/bog comparison), and analyze how Dickinson uses contrast between "Nobody" and "Somebody" to develop her theme about fame and privacy. The quiz requires close reading skills, the ability to cite textual evidence to support interpretations, and vocabulary comprehension within literary context. Students must demonstrate higher-order thinking by connecting specific lines to broader thematic meanings and understanding how the poem's two stanzas work together to develop the speaker's perspective on public recognition versus anonymity. Created by David Villarreal, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This quiz effectively supports poetry instruction by guiding students through systematic analysis of a classic American poem, moving from basic comprehension to deeper interpretation of literary devices and themes. Teachers can use this assessment as a formative check after reading and discussing the poem in class, as homework to reinforce close reading skills, or as review before a larger unit test on American poetry. The format works particularly well for stations or small group work, allowing students to discuss their reasoning before selecting answers. The quiz aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 for citing textual evidence to support inferences, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4 for determining meaning of words and phrases including figurative language, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.5 for analyzing how specific text structures contribute to meaning and style, making it an excellent tool for standards-based instruction in middle school literature classes.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best supported by the poem’s first stanza (lines 1-4)?
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

A. The speaker assumes that the listener is on her side.

B. The speaker wants to change her name to something unfamiliar.

C. The speaker fears the judgment of others.

D. The speaker is tired of being famous.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The second stanza (lines 5-8) adds to the development of the poem mainly by...
How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!

A. sharing personal details from the speaker’s own life

B. suggesting that the poem takes place in June

C. making it clear that the speaker of the poem is a frog

D. further explaining why the speaker wouldn’t want to be “Somebody”

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following selections most closely describes the speaker’s opinion of audiences?

A. She believes that it is necessary for a poet to have a wide audience.

B. She thinks that audiences aren’t very intelligent.

C. She only wants an audience that is respectful and kind.

D. She believes that having a wide audience is a sign of importance.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION