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

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

3. What is the poet speaking to in Poem 48?
(a) A dove.
(b) A flower.
(c) A jewel.
(d) A butterfly.

4. Poem 92 begins, "My friend must be a Bird -- / Because it ___!"
(a) Cries.
(b) Flies.
(c) Floats.
(d) Sings.

5. In Poem 67, the sounds of _____ are often agonizing to those who die for their cause.
(a) Triumph.
(b) Failure.
(c) War.
(d) Sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 95 begins with the line, "My _____ are for Captives--."

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

3. In Poem 168, Emily moves on to insist that those who read ______ but don't understand the text should not be criticized by those who have studied Biblical texts.

4. In Poem 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.

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

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