Emily Dickinson
The Pendulum and the Pitt
The Minister and the Black Veil
Vocabulary Workshop
The Crucible
100

The poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death is a personification of what?

Death

100

Who wrote The Pendulum and the Pit?

Edgar Allen Poe

100

The name of the minister was_________ 

Mr. Hooper

100

Elicit mostly means

extracted

100

The key antagonist in the drama was

Abigail

200

Tell all the truth but tell it ______

Slant

200

How did the narrator figure out the dimensions of his dungeon?

by counting his paces

200

What type of mood was created by the black veil?

Melancholy

200

Epitome mostly means

Model

200

The drama's setting was

Salem MA

300

How many poems had Emily Dickinson composed by the age of 35? 

approximately 1,100 poems

300

What time period in history is the backdrop for the setting of "The Pendulum and the Pitt"

The Spanish Inquisition 

300

Who is Mr. Hooper's fiance?

Elizabeth

300

Circuitous mostly means

indirect

300

The reverend of the town was ________ 

Reverend Parris

400

"the truth must dazzle gradually" is an example of what literary device?

Personification

400

What form of torture was the narrator afraid of most?

Falling in the pit

400

Who is the author of The Minister and the Black Veil?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

400

Ascribed mostly means

attributed

400

Elizabeth's husband's name was_______

John Proctor

500

Emily Dickinson's unique poetry style included_______ , _______ and ______

unconventional capitalization, dots and dashes

500

Why did the narrator feel so sleepy?

the water was drugged

500

What is the main theme of The Minister and the Black Veil?

Sin and Guilt

500

Soporific mostly means

sleep induced

500

The name of the judge that sentenced the hangings was_________

Judge Hawthorne