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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 429, Emily pledges her obedience to some distant acquaintance. She begins her poem by writing about the way the moon directs the rhythm of what?
(a) The trees.
(b) Her love.
(c) The sea.
(d) The rivers.

2. Poem 288 is one of Emily's more whimsical poems. In it she quips about the mundane nature of being __________.
(a) Married.
(b) Loved.
(c) Widowed.
(d) Famous.

3. In Poem 429 _____ is always obedient to the power of the moon and never oversteps its bounds.
(a) Her love.
(b) The stars.
(c) The sea.
(d) The seasons.

4. In Poem 168, Emily notes that the _____ call flowers simply flowers while other people classify these same flowers into groups.
(a) Faithful.
(b) Unlearned.
(c) Base.
(d) Ignorant.

5. Paradise is the topic of Poem 215. What does Emily ask about paradise?
(a) Who lives there.
(b) When she will arrive.
(c) Why she hasn't found it.
(d) Where it is.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

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