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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 324 tells about Emily's _____ routine. While others in her village go to church, she stays at home and communes with God in nature.
(a) Easter.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Christmas.

2. In Poem 470, Emily knows she is alive because she is not laid out in a _________________with people looking over her dead body and asking questions about her death.
(a) Parlor.
(b) Cemetery.
(c) Funeral home.
(d) Bedroom.

3. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Escape.

4. In Poem 413, Emily gives her reasons for knowing she won't like ___________.
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Death.

5. Poem 92 states, "Mortal, my friend must be, / Because it ____!"
(a) Dies.
(b) Lives.
(c) Cries.
(d) Flies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Poem 729 is a statement of undying devotion to a mysterious ____.

3. In Poem 23, the author hopes that "he" finds no comfort where he is until he chooses to __________.

4. In Poem 413, Emily writes about displacement and her desire to run away from _________.

5. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"

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