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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 214-311.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the subject of Poem 67?
(a) Death.
(b) Failure.
(c) Repentence.
(d) Success.

4. 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.
(a) Hand.
(b) Mettle.
(c) Resolve.
(d) Posture.

5. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?
(a) Let the friend into heaven.
(b) Saved the friend's life.
(c) Let the friend marry.
(d) Let the friend be with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second stanza of Poem 234, Emily talks about the cost associated with going to heaven. Here she uses _____ terminology in her description.

2. In Poem 80, the author writes, "Our lives are ____ -- / So still -- so Cool --."

3. In Poem 256, Dickinson indicates she believes she is now banished from heaven. She concludes ______ has turned his face away from her.

4. Poem 92 begins, "My friend must be a Bird -- / Because it ___!"

5. Emily attempts to convince the man that being single is _________ in Poem 1?

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