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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 is Emily doing as she is waiting?

3. What does Emily believe has happened to her existence?

4. What does Emily say about a publisher when talking to the professor?

5. Who was the other poet that Mr. Higginson crushed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Emily about eight weeks ago?

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

5. How does Emily describe spring?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Emily say that she loved Wadsworth, and what does she tell the audience about this love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Emily's views on religion? How do they differ from that of the rest of her family? Why do you think her views are different?

Essay Topic 2

This is a one person play. Do you feel the author was able to develop the other characters mentioned in the play through the character of Emily? Do you think the play would have been more effective or less effective with more characters? 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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