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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 536, what would humans prefer to have first?
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Death.

2. Emily makes an interesting comment about quiet people in Poem 543. She states that she ____ quiet people, those of few words.
(a) Loves.
(b) Fears.
(c) Worships.
(d) Is jealous of.

3. Emily writes about a cat chasing ____ in Poem 507.
(a) A bird.
(b) A leaf.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A mouse.

4. In Poem 536, if they can't be freed from pain, what would humans prefer to do?
(a) Watch beauty.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Pray.

5. In Poem 536, if they can't have ______, humans would prefer to have no pain.
(a) Death.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 1075, Emily writes about nature in one of its less regal moments. What is described by Emily in this poem?

2. In Poem 536, if none of this is possible, people will generally desire ____ and the ability to be set free from their suffering.

3. Poem 288 is one of Emily's more whimsical poems. In it she quips about the mundane nature of being __________.

4. 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?

5. In the third stanza of Poem 561, Emily wonders if the person has to work to ______ and if they would prefer to die rather than to go on hurting.

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