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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vinnie react?
(a) She faints.
(b) She makes the man leave.
(c) She hits Emily.
(d) She screams.

2. How can Emily tell a poem?
(a) When she can no longer stand to read it.
(b) When she has a physical reaction to it.
(c) When others understand it.
(d) When she has found the perfect words.

3. How does Emily prefer to introduce herself?
(a) By her family name.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a poet.
(d) As a resident of Amherst.

4. How is Emily known in Amherst?
(a) Poet extraordinare.
(b) Little Libby.
(c) Half cracked daughter.
(d) Quiet writing girl.

5. How does Emily feel about what she hears from the professor?
(a) She becomes mute.
(b) She becomes angry.
(c) She stroms out of the room before he can finish.
(d) She doesn't believe it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of Mary Lyon's classifications for students?

2. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?

3. Why does Emily believe Henrietta is strolling outside of Emily's house?

4. What does Emily take downstairs with her when she hears the professor's coach pull up?

5. What does Professor HIgginson say about Emily's poetry?

(see the answer key)

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