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

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 lover.
(c) A garden.
(d) A flower.

2. In Poem 723, Emily uses the imagery of a stormy sea and ______to describe life?
(a) The moon.
(b) A cannon.
(c) A tossed ship.
(d) The stars.

3. In Poem 215, Emily asks if those in Eden wear _____ .
(a) Sandals.
(b) Wings.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Haloes.

4. In Poem 632, Emily writes about the scope of the ________,
(a) Soul.
(b) Human faith.
(c) Human heart.
(d) Human brain.

5. In Poem 632, Emily states that the brain is the same weight as _______.
(a) The earth.
(b) The soul.
(c) God.
(d) The heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 80, the author writes, "Our lives are ____ -- / So still -- so Cool --."

2. What does Emily talk about in Poem 23?

3. In Poem 277, Emily contemplates what might happen if she were to do what?

4. In the third stanza of Poem 561, Emily wonders if the person has to work to ______ and if they would prefer to die rather than to go on hurting.

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

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