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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 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.
(a) Bedroom.
(b) Cemetery.
(c) Funeral home.
(d) Parlor.

2. 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.
(a) Psalms.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Luke.
(d) Revelations.

3. In Poem 540, Emily states she set her power against the world and although she didn't have the power ____ had, she had more that the amount of boldness he did.
(a) Matthew.
(b) Peter.
(c) David.
(d) Goliath.

4. In Poem 256, Dickinson indicates she believes she is now banished from heaven. She concludes ______ has turned his face away from her.
(a) The Savior.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son.
(d) The Devil.

5. In Poem 318, where are the sunrise and sunset which Emily describes?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Amherst.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 470, Emily also states she knows she is alive because she does not own a __________.

2. In Poem 96, whom does the poet address with the line, "My Master's sleeping here. Pray lead me to his bed!"?

3. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.

4. In Poem 103, what does Emily feel in the morning after having such dreams?

5. In Poem 103, to what does Emily equate the lack of prayer?

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