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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?
(a) A house.
(b) A garden.
(c) A lover.
(d) A flower.

2. In the final stanza of Poem 507, Emily writes about the cat's dashed hopes for what?
(a) Catching the squirrel.
(b) Catching the bird.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Catching the mouse.

3. In Poem 234, Emily shows her uncertainty of what actually happens to the bad people by tacking the phrase ______ onto the end of her poem.
(a) "Perhaps."
(b) "Maybe."
(c) "Let's hope."
(d) "I guess."

4. In Poem 127, if some people knew such dwellings were waiting for them, by what means would they go there as soon as possible?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Wind.
(d) Chariots.

5. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.
(a) They die.
(b) They marry.
(c) They are born.
(d) They divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."

2. In Poem 536, if they can't have ______, humans would prefer to have no pain.

3. What does Emily talk about in Poem 23?

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

5. In Poem 23, the author hopes that "he" finds no comfort where he is until he chooses to __________.

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