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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 480 is a poem about love. In response to a lover's question of why she loves him, Emily answers that _____ does not require an answer from the grass when it passes by.
(a) The flowers.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) The wind.

2. In Poem 470, Emily knows she is alive because she is not laid out in a _________________with people looking over her dead body and asking questions about her death.
(a) Funeral home.
(b) Parlor.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Bedroom.

3. Poem 95 begins with the line, "My _____ are for Captives--."
(a) Shackles.
(b) Sorrows.
(c) Trumpets.
(d) Nosegays.

4. Doom is the subject of Poem 475. In this poem, what is described by Emily as doom?
(a) A garden.
(b) A house.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A storm.

5. Poem 324 tells about Emily's _____ routine. While others in her village go to church, she stays at home and communes with God in nature.
(a) Christmas.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what voice does the poet write in Poem 47?

3. Poem 254 presents a beautiful picture of the idea of hope. In this poem Emily portrays hope as a _______.

4. In the final stanza of Poem 429, Emily compares herself to _____ in the way in which she promises to be obedient to the far away acquaintance.

5. In the final stanza of Poem 413, Emily contemplates trying to run away from God; but, according to Emily, what will she not be able to escape?

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