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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 504-599.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 437, according to Emily, what determines if a prayer is accomplished?
(a) If God exists.
(b) If God hears the prayer or not.
(c) If prayer is worthwhile.
(d) If life is worth living.

2. In Poem 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.
(a) Isolation.
(b) Hell.
(c) Seclusion.
(d) Eternity.

3. In the second stanza of Poem 234, Emily talks about the cost associated with going to heaven. Here she uses _____ terminology in her description.
(a) Medical.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Christian.
(d) Banking.

4. In Poem 153, what does the author write is "the only Secret?"
(a) Dust.
(b) Faith.
(c) Worry.
(d) Love.

5. Emily makes an interesting comment about quiet people in Poem 543. She states that she ____ quiet people, those of few words.
(a) Loves.
(b) Worships.
(c) Fears.
(d) Is jealous of.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _____ is the theme of Poem 470. Emily states that she believes she is alive.

3. 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.

4. In Poem 277, Emily contemplates what might happen if she were to do what?

5. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as ribbons unfolding as squirrels run to tell the news.

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