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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 312-412.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 92 begins, "My friend must be a Bird -- / Because it ___!"
(a) Cries.
(b) Floats.
(c) Sings.
(d) Flies.

2. In Poem 234, Emily shows her uncertainty of what actually happens to the bad people by tacking the phrase ______ onto the end of her poem.
(a) "Maybe."
(b) "I guess."
(c) "Let's hope."
(d) "Perhaps."

3. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?
(a) Let the friend marry.
(b) Let the friend into heaven.
(c) Saved the friend's life.
(d) Let the friend be with her.

4. In Poem 318, where are the sunrise and sunset which Emily describes?
(a) Amherst.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Mississippi.

5. 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?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Europe.
(c) New England.
(d) The South.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as a purple stile or steps, with yellow-colored children climbing over it.

2. In Poem 324, instead of the bells and ornamentation of a large church, Emily's music is that of a ____.

3. In Poem 168, Emily moves on to insist that those who read ______ but don't understand the text should not be criticized by those who have studied Biblical texts.

4. In Poem 277, Emily contemplates what might happen if she were to do what?

5. In Poem 256, Dickinson indicates she believes she is now banished from heaven. She concludes ______ has turned his face away from her.

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