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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Emily's father indicate he wanted Emily to stay home?
(a) For his health.
(b) For the sake of the family.
(c) For her own beliefs.
(d) For her health.

2. Where was Emily going when she left her father for the first time?
(a) Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
(b) Her aunt Mary's home.
(c) To visit with her brother at his school.
(d) Amherst Academy.

3. What does Emily say has happened to the notes she has sent to her neighbors?
(a) They have become collector's items in the village.
(b) They have been returned to her.
(c) They have been published in magazines.
(d) They have been sold to others.

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

5. To which of the following categories did Emily belong?
(a) Converted Christians.
(b) Professed Christians.
(c) Group without hope.
(d) Group with hope.

6. What gift does Austin's father give him?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) A wife.
(c) A house.
(d) A business.

7. Why doesn't Emily feel lonely when her family goes to church?
(a) She reads and loses herself in her texts.
(b) She visits with her neighbors.
(c) She feels God is always with her.
(d) She turns to writing.

8. Which of the following was not one of Mary Lyon's classifications for students?
(a) Group without hope.
(b) Professed Christians.
(c) Group with hope.
(d) Converted Christians.

9. What about Sue causes Emily to feel the way she does?
(a) Sue shows her affection for their father.
(b) Sue understands Emily's need to write.
(c) Sue is able to stand up for herself.
(d) Sue loves Austin as Emily does.

10. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term impenitent?
(a) Unsurprised.
(b) Unrepentant.
(c) Shameful.
(d) Remorseful.

11. When people react to Emily's love, what does this cause her to do?
(a) Become thoughtful.
(b) Become obsessed.
(c) Become intrigued.
(d) Become puzzled.

12. What does Emily say the neighbors gossip about her and Lavinia?
(a) That they never leave the house.
(b) That they are tremendously spoiled.
(c) That they do not appreciate their neighbors.
(d) That they are spinisters.

13. Which of the following best describes Emily's childhood?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Bizarre.
(c) Normal.
(d) Cut short.

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

15. How does Emily describe her relationships?
(a) Empty.
(b) Intense.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Uniform.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Emily tell Miss Lyon she is not attracted?

3. How does Emily describe her father's gift to Austin?

4. What is the name of the cake?

5. What does Emily say phosphorescence gives poetry?

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