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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 Helen believe is true about Emily's current attitude about being published?
(a) It is selfish.
(b) It is egocentric.
(c) It is ambitious.
(d) It is gluttonous.

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

3. Who was the other poet that Mr. Higginson crushed?
(a) Poe.
(b) Frost.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Browning.

4. What is Emily waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Her first published poem.
(b) Her brother's wife to have her baby.
(c) Professor Higginson's arrival.
(d) Her father's return to the house.

5. What did Austin going to school have to do with Emily staying home?
(a) Austin earned better grades than Emily ever earned.
(b) She believes her father couldn't handle more than one child away at one time.
(c) Her father couldn't afford to pay for two children to go to school.
(d) Men were supposed to go to school, while girls were not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did Emily's father keep?

2. What happened to Emily when her father would say "I say unto you?"

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

4. How does Emily say she spends her days?

5. Where did Austin live once he graduated?

(see the answer key)

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