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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. 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.

2. What does Emily offer to Professor HIgginson?
(a) A place to stay.
(b) Many more poems.
(c) A glass of lemonade.
(d) A slice of her cake.

3. How does Emily describe her Aunt Libbie?
(a) Passionate woman.
(b) Obese woman.
(c) Astounding woman.
(d) Formidable woman.

4. Why does Emily bring flowers to her father's grave?
(a) She wants to show him respect.
(b) He doesn't have any gardens.
(c) She needs to do something to keep him alive.
(d) He always loved Emily's flowers.

5. In what year did Emily leave her father for the first time?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Emily believe she did not return to Mount Holyoke after her first year?

2. What does Emily believe happened to the poems she sent to Professor Higginson?

3. What did Emily's rye and Indian bread win?

4. What does Emily deride herself for thinking?

5. Emily feels that loving the way she does is what?

(see the answer key)

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