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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 600-722.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paradise is the topic of Poem 215. What does Emily ask about paradise?
(a) Who lives there.
(b) Why she hasn't found it.
(c) When she will arrive.
(d) Where it is.

2. In Poem 536, if people must have pain, people would prefer to have what to deaden the unpleasant sensations?
(a) God's love.
(b) Pain medications.
(c) Beautiful surroundings.
(d) Death.

3. Emily writes about the color of the grave in Poem 411. In the first stanza, Emily writes about the _____ of the grave in the summer.
(a) Orange.
(b) Green.
(c) Magenta.
(d) Blue.

4. In Poem 540, unlike _____, Emily does not fell her giant; she only succeeds in conquering herself.
(a) Goliath.
(b) David.
(c) Herod.
(d) Matthew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 621, Emily asks for only one thing. What does she offer for it?

2. In Poem 127, if some people knew such dwellings were waiting for them, by what means would they go there as soon as possible?

3. In Poem 292, Emily writes about gathering the _____ to do something one is afraid to do.

4. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.

5. What voice is Poem 640 written in?

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