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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emily concludes Poem 1075 by stating this is a day when nature is caught without its ____.
(a) Wings.
(b) Scepter.
(c) Robes.
(d) Crown.

2. In Poem 1021, Emily describes the life of the children of God. What, according to Emily, will these people often feel far from?
(a) The affection of their heavenly Father.
(b) The world around them.
(c) The devil.
(d) The temptation of sin.

3. Poem 245 is a poem of loss. In it Emily speaks of a ____ that she has.
(a) Cat.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Dog.
(d) Flower.

4. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.
(a) They divorce.
(b) They are born.
(c) They die.
(d) They marry.

5. This book includes two versions of Poem 824. Both poems address the same topic, but the wording and _____ differ slightly from one poem to the other.
(a) Meter.
(b) Rhyme scheme.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Imagery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 536, what would humans prefer to have first?

2. In Poem 215, Emily asks if those in Eden wear _____ .

3. In Poem 536, if they can't have ______, humans would prefer to have no pain.

4. In Poem 1078, death is once again the topic. Here Emily speaks of the movement in a house the day after someone has died. Instead of the packing up of physical things, Emily refers to the packing up of ____.

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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