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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 256 turns the idea of hope on its head. Emily writes about becoming _________.
(a) Buried in her garden.
(b) Blessed and married.
(c) Married and widowed.
(d) Lost after once being found.

2. In Poem 351, after her contemplation is over, she decides even she might learn to like to live ____ just as she likes her earthly home.
(a) In hell.
(b) With a husband.
(c) In the clouds.
(d) In heaven.

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

4. In the second stanza of Poem 234, Emily talks about the cost associated with going to heaven. Here she uses _____ terminology in her description.
(a) Banking.
(b) Medical.
(c) Christian.
(d) Buddhist.

5. In Poem 96, whom does the poet address with the line, "My Master's sleeping here. Pray lead me to his bed!"?
(a) Sexton.
(b) John.
(c) Michael.
(d) Steward.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 507, Emily refers to the bird as _____ which revealed a thousand toes and then ran away on them.

2. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.

3. In Poem 632, Emily writes about the scope of the ________,

4. In Poem 536, if they can't be freed from pain, what would humans prefer to do?

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

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