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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 723-804.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 470, Emily first reasons she is alive because she holds a blooming _______ in her hands.
(a) Dandelion.
(b) Morning Glory.
(c) Rose.
(d) Tulip.

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

3. Poem 92 states, "Mortal, my friend must be, / Because it ____!"
(a) Cries.
(b) Lives.
(c) Flies.
(d) Dies.

4. In Poem 389, the doctor has left and the _____ has come to take charge of the situation.
(a) Son.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Minister.
(d) Father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 149 begins, "She went as quiet as the ___".

2. In what voice does the poet write in Poem 47?

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.

4. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"

5. In Emily's first analogy in Poem 632, she states _____ can encompass more that the sky because it can comprehend the secrets of the sky along with other information.

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