Grades 11–12 · Literature
This quiz helps revise “American poets: Frost and Dickinson” in Literature for grades 11–12. It has 25 questions in five categories: Frost's Scenes, Dickinson's Images, Sound and Shape, Read Beneath the Lines, Lives and Legacies. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
In Frost's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,' which animal shakes its harness bells?
In 'After Apple-Picking,' what piece of orchard equipment leaves a lingering pressure on the sleeper's foot?
In 'Birches,' what does…
In the gameIn 'The Road Not…
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Which pictured creature represents hope in Dickinson's poem about a song that never stops?
In 'Because I could not stop for Death,' what pictured vehicle carries Dickinson's speaker?
In 'I'm Nobody! Who…
In the gameIn 'I felt a…
In the gameIn 'I died for…
In the gameWhat do we call a group of lines separated from other groups by a blank line in a poem?
What punctuation marks often interrupt Dickinson's lines, creating pauses or leaving thoughts open?
What kind of near…
In the gameWhat is the name…
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In the gameIn 'Because I could not stop for Death,' what device presents dying as a courteous male caller?
Dickinson compares a life to a loaded gun without using 'like' or 'as'. What figure of speech is this?
In Frost's 'Fire and…
In the gameIn 'Nothing Gold Can…
In the gameIn 'Because I could…
In the gameWhich region of the northeastern United States is central to Frost's rural poetry?
Which Massachusetts town contains Dickinson's longtime home, the Homestead?
What was the first…
In the gameWhich major American award…
In the gameWhat term names the…
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