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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 103, what does Emily feel in the morning after having such dreams?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Victorious.

2. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?
(a) A lover.
(b) A flower.
(c) A garden.
(d) A house.

3. 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) "Let's hope."
(b) "I guess."
(c) "Maybe."
(d) "Perhaps."

4. Poem 118 makes a comment on the violent nature of ___________.
(a) Animals.
(b) Men.
(c) Warriors.
(d) The human race.

5. Poem 193, addresses the promise _____ has made that after life is over the human will understand the reason for their troubles on earth.
(a) Christ .
(b) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Peter.

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 61, Emily writes a humorous epitaph for a mouse that has been killed by a ____.

3. In Poem 103, to what does Emily equate the lack of prayer?

4. Poem 351 brings forth the image of a person being able to examine their life manually as one might examine ____________.

5. Poem 149 begins, "She went as quiet as the ___".

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