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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Emily decide to stop attending church?
(a) When she was finished with school.
(b) When her father died.
(c) When she was 30.
(d) When her brother moved out.

3. What is Emily's middle name?
(a) Libby.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Henrietta.

4. Which of the following doesn't Emily say about herself?
(a) She doesn't want to please her parents.
(b) She refuses to apologize to Miss Lyon.
(c) She was persuaded to become a Christian.
(d) She does not desire to be good.

5. What were the girls who weren't hopeful told to bring with them?
(a) Bible.
(b) Food.
(c) School books.
(d) Money.

6. What title did Emily hope to be crowned when she would be 17?
(a) Belle of Amherst.
(b) Poet of the Year.
(c) Most Popular.
(d) Queen of the Ball.

7. What does Emily believe it is her business to do?
(a) Wait.
(b) Love.
(c) Show.
(d) Desire.

8. What does Emily say that she must always do as a poet?
(a) Choose the best words.
(b) Respect the reader.
(c) Have patience.
(d) Understand the needs of others.

9. Why does Emily believe she did not return to Mount Holyoke after her first year?
(a) She was too mean to Miss Lyon.
(b) She refused to be Christian.
(c) She wore out her welcome.
(d) She cause fights among the other girls.

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

11. How does Emily describe the Bible?
(a) As an arid book.
(b) A book with no merry sections.
(c) As a book of lies.
(d) A book that is never wise.

12. What does Emily believe her father's gift to Austin was described to do?
(a) Help provide for Austin and his new bride.
(b) Tie Austin to his father forever.
(c) Ensure the family was never apart.
(d) Keep Austin close to home.

13. Emily feels that loving the way she does is what?
(a) Upsetting and depressing.
(b) Surprising and energizing.
(c) Dangerous and unnatural.
(d) Natural and freeing.

14. To what does Emily tell Miss Lyon she is not attracted?
(a) The process of reading.
(b) A life of duty.
(c) The other girls who are Christians.
(d) The stories in the Bible

15. What had Emily done that has stumped her neighbors?
(a) She has refused to talk to anyone in years.
(b) She hasn't left the house for years.
(c) She hasn't talked to her father in years.
(d) She hasn't shared any of her writing in years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What doesn't Emily understand about religion?

3. What does Emily ask from the audience?

4. How does Emily feel about the fact that she confounds her neighbors?

5. How does Emily describe her Aunt Libbie?

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