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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 believe has happened to her existence?
(a) It has be redefined.
(b) It has blossomed.
(c) It has opened.
(d) It has stopped.

2. What is the topic of the poem Emily relates after she talks about why people are afraid to let go?
(a) Death and the process of dying.
(b) The birds in the garden.
(c) Her body's machinery.
(d) The impact of nature.

3. How does Emily feel about what she hears from the professor?
(a) She becomes angry.
(b) She becomes mute.
(c) She doesn't believe it.
(d) She stroms out of the room before he can finish.

4. What does Emily confide in the audience about being famous?
(a) She confides that she had a few famous moments.
(b) She confides that she still wants to be famous.
(c) She confides that she could not handle being famous.
(d) She confides that she doesn't know what it means to be famous.

5. What does Emily tell Helen about being published?
(a) She doesn't trust any publisher anymore.
(b) She is still waiting for her meridian.
(c) She has not written a good enough piece to be published.
(d) She is at peace with not being published.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vinnie react?

2. What does Emily try to explain to Vinnie about the man?

3. What does Emily believe happened to the poems she sent to Professor Higginson?

4. How does Emily try to defend her writing?

5. Where was the last place Emily saw her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily call death and life?

2. What happened to Emily about eight weeks ago?

3. Who disapproved of Emily and the judge and who caused more problems?

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

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

6. After she fainted, Emily asks herself what about Gilbert's and her parents' graves?

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

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

9. What does Emily say about herself when the audience is shocked after learning about her suitors?

10. With what does Emily tell the audience that she promised to help Vinnie?

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