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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 805-1081.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 507, Emily refers to the bird as _____ which revealed a thousand toes and then ran away on them.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Bliss.

2. In Poem 824, Emily notes that, despite the threat of the storm, _______ is not damaged. Only a tree in the yard is split.
(a) Her mother's house.
(b) Her sister's house.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her father's house.

3. In Poem 809, Emily writes about the nature of love. She states that those who are loved are unable to do what?
(a) Die.
(b) Remember.
(c) Be evil.
(d) Forget.

4. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.
(a) Gem.
(b) Flower.
(c) Dog.
(d) Friend.

5. In Poem 1075, Emily writes about nature in one of its less regal moments. What is described by Emily in this poem?
(a) A dark winter day.
(b) A crisp autumn day.
(c) A wet spring day.
(d) A sunlit summer day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 215, Emily ends with concern that the other ransomed will laugh at her, but she is hopeful that paradise won't be as lonely as where?

2. According to Poem 829, the grave is a bed where the sleeper waits for __________.

3. In Poem 234, the phrases Emily uses to describe the way in which one enters into heaven comes from the book of _____ found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

4. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?

5. In Poem 540, unlike _____, Emily does not fell her giant; she only succeeds in conquering herself.

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