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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Emily get her middle name?
(a) From her mother.
(b) From her father's best friend.
(c) From her mother's sister.
(d) From her father's sister.

2. What does Emily says her friend Helen Jackson is?
(a) A poet beyond words.
(b) A defender of facts.
(c) A wordsmith.
(d) A of words.

3. Which of the following was not one of Mary Lyon's classifications for students?
(a) Group with hope.
(b) Converted Christians.
(c) Professed Christians.
(d) Group without hope.

4. What doesn't Emily understand about religion?
(a) Why it takes so long.
(b) Why it is so grim.
(c) Why it has so many rituals.
(d) Why everyone follows it.

5. What does Emily ask from the audience?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Patience.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Austin and his father act when they were separate?

2. What happened to Emily when her father would say "I say unto you?"

3. Who used the path more than anyone else?

4. Why does Emily think that her father wanted her to stay home?

5. Why did Emily say she was happy not to return to Mount Holyoke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Emily share about Vinne and his cat?

2. What would Lavinia do that her father disapproved of and what did he tell her to do?

3. How does Emily say her mother felt about her?

4. What happened when Professor Higginson responded to Emily?

5. About what does reading the story about the train accident remind Emily?

6. How does Emily tell the audience that she and Lavinia spend their evenings?

7. What distracts Emily that causes the mood of the play to change after the incident with Mr. Crowell?

8. What does Emily indicate is the highest form of art?

9. What would Emily's father do that would floor Emily?

10. How does Emily describe the time her family, including her mother, all lived together?

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