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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 1082-1353.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the king not do in Poem 103?
(a) Speak.
(b) Cry.
(c) Read.
(d) Worry.

2. What voice is Poem 640 written in?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

3. In Poem 277, Emily contemplates what might happen if she were to do what?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Have children.
(c) Marry.
(d) Kill her friend.

4. Poem 477, Emily writes that no one can determine the scope or direction of ________.
(a) Grief.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Love.
(d) Despair.

5. In the final stanza of Poem 737, Emily portrays the moon as being the owner or possessor of _______ with the remainder of the stars, firmament and universe being only garments and decorations for the moon.
(a) Beauty.
(b) The earth.
(c) God's love.
(d) The Universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 292, Emily encourages one to go ahead and try even if the courage is not there. She suggests holding a steady _____ and also taking deep breaths.

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

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.

4. In Poem 608, Emily states she is afraid of the ______ no more than the east is afraid of the morning time.

5. The ____ is the subject of Poem 737.

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