Wednesday, 2/14/00
Spelling Test #14
Add to end: Poem #435
Much Madness is divinest Sense--
To a discerning Eye--
Much Sense--the starkest Madness--
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail--
Assent--and you are sane--
Demur--you're straightway dangerous--
And handled with a Chain--
1. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed
on the question of...a) What is the right thing to do. b) Who's weird and
who isn't. c) Who's cool and who isn't. d) Who's important and who
isn't. e) All of the above.
2. The poem says that if a person looked very carefully...a)
He would see that everyone is weird. b) He would see that what might look
weird really isn't. c) He would see that what might seem sane really isn't.
d) All of the above. e) b and c.
3. The poem says that if you disagree with the majority...a)
You're weird. b) You're stupid. c) You're dangerous. d) You're doing the
right thing.
"The Earth Men"
Beginning w/Poem #435