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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. Why doesn't Vinnie get to go visit her father?
(a) She did not want to see her father in such poor health.
(b) They get word he died before she can go.
(c) She is afraid to travel away from Amherst.
(d) Emily has told her not to go at this time.

2. Who does want to publish Emily's work?
(a) Professor Higginson.
(b) Helen.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Sue.

3. How old is Emily?
(a) 53.
(b) 39.
(c) 47.
(d) 28.

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

5. How does Emily characterize the relationship between Austin and their father?
(a) Energetic.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Tight.
(d) Strange.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an accurate description of how Emily refers to her father's sister?

2. Why doesn't Emily try to make conversation with Professor Higginson?

3. Who missed Austin the most while he was at school?

4. When Emily tires of talking about the serious subject of her parents and death, what does she wish to be?

5. What does Emily say that she must always do as a poet?

(see the answer key)

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