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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 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.
(a) Eternity.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Hell.
(d) Seclusion.

2. In Poem 168, who is one of the heroes of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible who was denied entrance into Canaan, the Promised Land?
(a) Herod.
(b) Moses.
(c) Luther.
(d) Luke.

3. In Poem 127, Emily writes about the ______ that have been prepared in heaven for God's children.
(a) Mansions.
(b) Wings.
(c) Caskets.
(d) Clouds.

4. In Poem 80, the author writes, "Our lives are ____ -- / So still -- so Cool --."
(a) Natural.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) French.
(d) Swiss.

5. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"
(a) Brook.
(b) Forest.
(c) Field.
(d) Plain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 84 begins, "Her breast is fit for ____, / But I was not a 'Diver.'"

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

3. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?

4. In Poem 103, what does Emily feel in the morning after having such dreams?

5. Poem 92 states, "Mortal, my friend must be, / Because it ____!"

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