Why was Dickinson seen as a social "disappointment" for many women in the 1800s?

She didn't want to dedicate her time to running a house

True or False: Emily Dickinson's poems were kept completely private until her death

False: She shared her poems with her friends

True or false: Dickinson was totally alone throughout her adult life

False: She constantly wrote letters to two of her friends

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Emily Dickinson Biography

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1
How many poems had Dickinson written by the time she was 30? (1860)
135
150
75
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2
Which subject in school did Dickinson continue to love after she left school?
Geometry
Mr. Prokos' English Class
Botany
Calculus
3
Why was Dickinson seen as a social "disappointment" for many women in the 1800s?
A strong dislike for succulents
She went on to study her doctorate
She tried to find a career in the sciences
She didn't want to dedicate her time to running a house
4
How many poems had Dickinson written by 1865?
1,100
1 mole of poems
2000
500
5
Which political party was Dickinson's father a part of?
The Whig Party
The Democratic Party
The Rent is Too Damn High Party
The Republican Party
6
True or False: Emily Dickinson's poems were kept completely private until her death
False: She was widely published and read in New England
True: They were not published until after her funeral
False: She shared her poems with her friends
True: Her poems actually don't exist.
7
Who did Dickinson write her friend, Abiah Root about?
Her botany instructor
Her deceased father.
Her deceased Principal
Trick question: Dickinson had no friends.
8
Many of Dickinson's poems during the 1850s were reminiscent of what?
Sonnets
Haikus
Skrillex
Hymns
9
Which religious group would Dickinon's family best subscribe to?
Vegans
Puritans
Anglicans
Calvinists
10
Which group of authors was Dickinson well-versed in?
The Transcendentalists
The Puritan Poets
Only John Green. She has a picture of him in her attic.
The Negative Romantics
11
In 1853, Dickinson's father took up a job as a:
Town fool
Lawyer
Congressman
Physician
12
The biography argues that describing Dickinson as a "recluse" and "hermit" is:
Rude
Unfounded
Accurate
Sensationalized
13
Which group was Dickinson sorted into during the assessment of her faith?
Hufflepuff
Without Hope
Established Christians
Expressed Hope
14
Some of Dickinson's poems criticized this:
Marriage
Men
Nature
Thoreau's beard
15
Dickinson received poems from which author in the winter of 1850?
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anne Bradstreet
Mike Tyson
16
True or false: Dickinson was totally alone throughout her adult life
False: She constantly wrote letters to two of her friends
False: She charged people to come to ragers in her attic
False: She maintained a relationship with her secret husband
True: She lived as a hermit and never communicated

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