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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. What does Helen believe is true about Emily's current attitude about being published?
(a) It is ambitious.
(b) It is selfish.
(c) It is egocentric.
(d) It is gluttonous.

2. What does Emily imagine she will compliment Professor Higginson about?
(a) His willingness to travel.
(b) His own writing skills.
(c) His looks.
(d) His humor and wit.

3. How does Vinnie treat Emily since their father died?
(a) As if she doesn't exist.
(b) Like her father.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like her mother.

4. How did Emily react when her mother died?
(a) She could not accept it.
(b) She was stunned.
(c) She was angry.
(d) She was relieved.

5. What does Emily think would be necessary for her family to stop crying over her father's death?
(a) If they had gotten to see him one last time.
(b) If they received a sign from him.
(c) If they could have seen his body before it was buried.
(d) If they knew his father was aware of how they tend his grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emily feel about what she hears from the professor?

2. How does Emily feel about the boy that ran away from Amherst?

3. About what does Emily think will be some of the first things she will ask the professor?

4. Who was the other poet that Mr. Higginson crushed?

5. What does Emily believe she was being when she wanted to be famous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily tell Wadsworth on his last visit to Amherst?

2. How does Emily characterize the people that should listen to her poems, like Mr. Higginson?

3. How many times did Emily speak to Wadsworth and when did they occur?

4. What does Emily say about herself when the audience is shocked after learning about her suitors?

5. Who disapproved of Emily and the judge and who caused more problems?

6. What did one of Emily's friends write in his last letter to her before he died?

7. How does Emily say that she loved Wadsworth, and what does she tell the audience about this love?

8. What does Emily watch and then translate?

9. What is Emily's father's job when Emily was 24 and where do they visit him?

10. What funeral process does Emily describe for herself?

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