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1 trivia quiz  The Belle Of Amherst, Emily Dickinson icon
A short quiz on a few of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems.
Difficult 10Q
732 plays
Mar 28 03
jericha
2 trivia quiz  Emily Dickinson Quotations icon
Simply complete these quotations from Dickinson poems.
Very Difficult 10Q
525 plays
Aug 24 04
BlueCanary
3 trivia quiz  A History Of Emily Dickinson's Life icon
This should be an easy quiz for any fan of Emily Dickinson. Good luck and have fun!
Difficult 15Q
603 plays
Jan 26 03
angeleyes88
4 trivia quiz  The Real Emily Dickinson icon
Emily Dickinson's poems were edited before their final publication because the publishers were baffled by the originality of her word choice and rhyme scheme (or in many case lack thereof). Can you tell the original from the 'edited'? Fill in the blanks
Impossible 10Q
474 plays
Dec 14 01
meadowzephyr

Some sample questions from this category:

* Emily Dickinson wrote a poem in which the speaker talks about a letter she wrote to the world. What is the title of the poem?
* Emily did not really have any goals or anything that she wanted to achieve, however, she did have a mission. This was something personal that she wanted to do, but she did not expect it to ever happen. What was her mission in life?
* Emily only had one brother. What was his first name?
* Although she never married, how many men strongly influenced Emily's life?
* At what age did Emily seriously begin to write?
* By 1858 how many poems had Emily apparently written?
* In 1862 the total number of poems Emily had written jumped all the way up to how many?
* How did Emily dress in the latter part of her life?
* Where did Emily hide her poetry?
* In what year did Emily pass away?
* After her death, who helped publish a portion of her poetry?
* In what year did Harvard University take complete control over all available manuscripts?
* In poem #67, or "Success is counted sweetest", what color was the host?
* In poem #249, "Wild Nights---Wild Nights!", where is she rowing?
* What is the rafter made of in poem #216, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers"?
* How does she keep the Sabbath in poem #324, "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church---"?
* What type of royalty does she mention in #303, "The Soul selects her own Society---"?
* What was the stillness like in poem #465, "I heard a Fly buzz---when I died---"?
* What was the narrator's scarf made of in poem #712, "Because I could not stop for Death---"?
* How does she describe the shaft in #986, "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"?

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