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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emily says that everyone is somewhere except who?
(a) Her father.
(b) Austin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Emily.

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

3. What does Emily say about a publisher when talking to the professor?
(a) A publisher would realize the potential.
(b) A publisher would want to take a risk with her.
(c) A publisher would recognize what she is doing.
(d) A publisher would see the genius in her writing.

4. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?
(a) She wanted to meet him.
(b) She planned to run away with him.
(c) She will not meet with the man.
(d) She didn't know he was coming.

5. What does Emily ask the professor when they finally meet?
(a) Where he will be staying.
(b) When he will be leaving.
(c) Why he didn't publish her last poem.
(d) Why he took so long to visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Emily hope to be crowned when she would be 17?

2. What word does Emily use that she feels the need to write down?

3. Why did Emily's father hide himself as he fed the birds?

4. What is Emily carrying as she enters the stage for the first time?

5. What does this person waiting for Emily in the library want?

(see the answer key)

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