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

2. Poem 739 depicts Emily's search for peace. She writes she often felt peace was at hand, almost as some see hallucinations of ______ where there is none.
(a) Birds and butterflies.
(b) Gardens and tombs.
(c) Land or water.
(d) Friends.

3. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"
(a) Brook.
(b) Forest.
(c) Plain.
(d) Field.

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.
(a) Pray.
(b) Find faith.
(c) Make money.
(d) Continue to live.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the conclusion of Poem 339, Emily seems to be portraying herself as a daisy. What is she waiting for?

3. What is the subject of Poem 621?

4. Poem 389 is another poem that addresses the reality of death. According to Emily, where has a death occurred?

5. In Poem 168, Emily notes that the _____ call flowers simply flowers while other people classify these same flowers into groups.

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