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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily say that the residents of Amherst provide her?
(a) The means to survive.
(b) A need to keep herself inside the house.
(c) A source of inspiration for writing.
(d) Endless amusement.

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

3. Where does Emily welcome the audience?
(a) Amherst.
(b) No where.
(c) The squire's home.
(d) Her sister's home.

4. What type of sermons does Emily enjoy?
(a) Those that deal with humor.
(b) Those that deal with fear.
(c) Those that deal with disbelief.
(d) Those that deal with hope.

5. How did Austin and his father act when they were separate?
(a) They would fight.
(b) As if the other did not exist.
(c) They would refuse to talk to each other.
(d) As devoted friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Emily's father indicate he wanted Emily to stay home?

2. What does Emily say the neighbors gossip about her and Lavinia?

3. Which of the following is something that Emily does sometimes which surprises her neighbors?

4. Which group did Mary Lyon attempt to convert?

5. How does Emily describe her Aunt Libbie?

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