Emily Dickinson: Fame Is a Fickle Food

1. After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

How does the poet’s development of the characteristics of fame impact the meaning of the poem?

• It provides the reader with a vision of fame that does not treat someone the same over the course of time.

• It provides the reader an opportunity to feel jealous of those that are lucky enough to reach the heights of famousness.

• It provides the reader an opportunity to feel empathy for those that became famous and then had it taken away from them.

• It provides the reader an opportunity to see the good and the bad that comes with being famous.

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

Which of the following is a concept about fame found in both the first and the second stanza?

• After a certain amount of time, the power of fame fades.

• It is shameful to want to be famous.

• Famous people are without privacy.

• Fame has its positives and negatives.

Part A

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

What inference can be drawn about the speaker, based on the second stanza?

• She has witnessed fame fade away from either herself or someone she knew of.

• She once was a famous person and hated the experience.

• She is upset that her writing career never brought him fame.

• She had the chance to experience fame but turned it down.

Part B

After reading "Fame", by Emily Dickinson...

Which line from the poem supports your answer in question 3?

• Flap past it to the Farmer's Corn-

• Whose table once a

• And with ironic caw

• Whose crumbs the crows inspect

Part A

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

What is the meaning of the line, "Whose table once a guest but not the second time is set"?

• Fame embraces you at first but will soon see you as common.

• Fame pushes you away at first and then accepts you as you.

• Fame hides in the shadows long before it reveals itself to you.

• Fame stays are long as you want it to and always is pleasant.

Part B

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

Which line from the poem provides support for the answer in Part A?

• Flap past it to the Farmer's Corn-

• Whose crumbs the crows inspect-

• And with ironic caw

• Men eat of it and die.

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

What is the meaning of this line?

"Upon a shifting plate"

• Fame is not a steady thing, it changes along the way.

• Fame can bring you great wealth.

• Fame can bring you happiness if you let it.

• Fame is more of a bad thing than a good thing.

Part A

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

Which of the following can be inferred from the poem?

• Fame fades away after a while and people do not treat you as special over time.

• The life of a famous person comes with great wealth and success.

• The speaker wishes to one day live a famous life.

• The speaker wants the public to know that it isn't all that bad.

Part B

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

Which line from the poem provides support for the answer in Part A?

• Whose table once a guest but not the second time is set.

• And with ironic caw

• Whose crumbs the crows inspect

• Upon a shifting plate

After reading "Fame is a fickle food", by Emily Dickinson...

Which of the following is a translation for the term "fickle", found in the poem?

• Changing

• Tasty

• Beautiful

• Attractive