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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 413-503.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 477, Emily writes that no one can determine the scope or direction of ________.
(a) Grief.
(b) Despair.
(c) Love.
(d) Beauty.

2. In Poem 215, Emily ends with concern that the other ransomed will laugh at her, but she is hopeful that paradise won't be as lonely as where?
(a) The South.
(b) Europe.
(c) Her soul.
(d) New England.

3. In Poem 324, instead of the bells and ornamentation of a large church, Emily's music is that of a ____.
(a) Laugh.
(b) Bird.
(c) Storm.
(d) Pen.

4. In Poem 234, the phrases Emily uses to describe the way in which one enters into heaven comes from the book of _____ found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
(a) Psalms.
(b) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Revelations.

5. In Poem 437, ____ is referred to as the One whose presence is denied to men.
(a) St. Paul.
(b) The Devil.
(c) Love.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poet speaking to in Poem 48?

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

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

4. Poem 288 is one of Emily's more whimsical poems. In it she quips about the mundane nature of being __________.

5. In Poem 96, whom does the poet address with the line, "My Master's sleeping here. Pray lead me to his bed!"?

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