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

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 moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The wind.

2. In Poem 377, Emily makes the point that it is worse to lose one's faith than to lose _________________?
(a) A large amount of land or money.
(b) A husband.
(c) A lover.
(d) A child.

3. In the conclusion of Poem 339, Emily seems to be portraying herself as a daisy. What is she waiting for?
(a) Her lord to return.
(b) To be picked.
(c) Love to return.
(d) To become a gift.

4. In Poem 396, Emily writes about a pleasant _____ in life that is closer to occurring than pain.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Love.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Vacation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Doom is the subject of Poem 475. In this poem, what is described by Emily as doom?

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

3. Emily attempts to convince the man that being single is _________ in Poem 1?

4. Among what may Angels be seen in the early morning in Poem 94?

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

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