The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

Determine the meaning of the quote from I'm Nobody....

Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! (from “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”)

• The author is angry.

• The author is private.

• The author actually wants fame.

• The author wants love and attention.

What did Emily want her sister to do with her poems after she left this world?

• She wanted them published in an unabridged text.

• She wanted them burned.

• She wanted them sent to the publisher, Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

• She wanted them placed in High School English Textbooks.

What is the attitude of Emily Dickinson toward society?

• She loves to break all the rules.

• She is a private person.

• She wishes for everyone to heal through nature.

• She is sad, but wants to be left alone.

What does “Fame is a fickle food” mean?

• People should take care of the hungry.

• Men eat of fame and die of it.

• People have an ironic caw.

• Second time is a charm.

Analyze these lines from “Fame is a fickle food” and determine which is the closest to the main idea that crows flap past the "fickle food" of fame?

• Fame is so much fun.

• Fame is not affordable.

• Fame is worth saving.

• Fame is toxicc.

Who would be held in captivity?

• A snowman

• A soldier

• A prisoner

• A King

Which would be an association of a sovereign?

• a wedding ceremony

• a King's coronation

• a high school graduation

• a court proceeding

Who would be guilty of treason?

• a person selling state's secrets

• a person being arrested for speeding

• a person firing an employee for sleeping on the job

• a person following all the laws

What is the speaker in They Shut me up in Prose say it was like as a child?

• Everyone loved to listen to her stories.

• She was able to express herself freely.

• She was not able to express herself freely.

• Everyone listened to her father.

In “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” what does the speaker compare to a frog?

• someone who disturbs the speaker’s solitude

• someone who feels inferior to other people

• someone who is hiding from the world

• someone who enjoys being noticed