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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vinnie afraid of?

2. What does Emily tell Helen about being published?

3. Why does Emily bring flowers to her father's grave?

4. Why did Vinnie become hysterical when the judge proposed to Emily?

5. Why doesn't Vinnie get to go visit her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily promise to give to the audience the next time they visit?

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

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

4. Why doesn't Emily write as much poetry as she used to?

5. Who is Emily's only one true love?

6. When does Emily write?

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

8. What did Emily and her family wonder as Gilbert made his last declaration before dying?

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

10. What funeral process does Emily describe for herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Emily was asked by several men to marry them, yet she claims to have only one love. How do you explain Emily's romantic situations? Do you approve of how Emily handled the situations? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How much of what Emily complains about or upsets her do you think she has made up in her own head? Why do you think Emily does this? Do you think she is mentally ill? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does this play show Emily's instability? What do you think is the reason for her instability? Do you think her instability causes her odd behavior or do you think there is another reason for the odd behavior? Why?

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