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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?
(a) She wanted to meet him.
(b) She didn't know he was coming.
(c) She planned to run away with him.
(d) She will not meet with the man.

2. How does Emily describe the house now that just she and Vinnie live there?
(a) Empty.
(b) Too big.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Happier.

3. What realization does Emily come to about how the professor feels about her writing?
(a) She comes to understand that he is holding back.
(b) She comes to understand that he needs encouragment.
(c) She comes to understnad that he needs to be convinced.
(d) She comes to understand that he doesn't think she's good enough.

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

5. What animals did Emily's father keep?
(a) Cows.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Horses.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Emily indicate the house was in when her father was alive?

2. What does the town gossip say about Vinnie in relation to marriage?

3. What does Emily take downstairs with her when she hears the professor's coach pull up?

4. What doesn't Emily understand about Vinnie?

5. How does Vinnie react?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is true about all of Emily's suitors?

2. What compliment does Emily give to the audience before she leaves?

3. After talking about Gilbert, what does Emily talk about that seems like random thoughts?

4. How does Emily characterize the people that should listen to her poems, like Mr. Higginson?

5. What happened to Emily about eight weeks ago?

6. What kind of flowers does Emily say she would want on her grave when she dies?

7. What does Emily tell the audience about her heart and about why Wadsworth won't visit again?

8. What does Emily watch and then translate?

9. What does Emily tell Vinnie when Vinnie tells her not to talk about her own death?

10. What does Emily call death and life?

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