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

2. What does the king not do in Poem 103?
(a) Speak.
(b) Worry.
(c) Read.
(d) Cry.

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

4. Emily uses images of the Biblical characters _______ in Poem 540.
(a) Jesus and Satan.
(b) Matthew and Luke.
(c) Herod and Jesus.
(d) David and Goliath.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.

2. What is the subject of Poem 67?

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

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

5. In Poem 127, Emily writes about the ______ that have been prepared in heaven for God's children.

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