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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 happened to the poems she sent to Professor Higginson?
(a) They were sent to another publisher.
(b) They are in a dusty drawer somewhere.
(c) They have been burned.
(d) They went directly to the trash can.

2. What did Vinnie refuse to acknowledge that happened on the fourth of July?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) A fire.
(c) Austin's fight with Sue.
(d) The death of the cat.

3. How does Emily feel about the professor's reaction?
(a) She is crushed.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is angered.
(d) She is ashamed.

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

5. Emily says that everyone is somewhere except who?
(a) Austin.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emily say she feels about being single?

2. Between who was Gilbert planning on giving his admission prices?

3. What did Gilbert do when he was six with a friend?

4. What does Emily believe her business is to do?

5. What is Emily doing as she is waiting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Emily remind the audience about making her cake?

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

5. How does Emily describe spring?

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

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

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

9. What did one of Emily's friends write in his last letter to her before he died?

10. What does Emily tell Wadsworth on his last visit to Amherst?

(see the answer keys)

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