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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 95-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Poem 90, Emily talks about having something just _____ without having the ability to grasp hold of it.
(a) Won.
(b) Embraced.
(c) Out of reach.
(d) Within reach.

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

5. What does Emily talk about in Poem 23?
(a) Loss.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Peace.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among what may Angels be seen in the early morning in Poem 94?

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

3. What does the king not do in Poem 103?

4. In Poem 67, the sounds of _____ are often agonizing to those who die for their cause.

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

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