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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 256 turns the idea of hope on its head. Emily writes about becoming _________.
(a) Buried in her garden.
(b) Married and widowed.
(c) Blessed and married.
(d) Lost after once being found.

2. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."
(a) Love.
(b) Passion.
(c) Escape.
(d) Peace.

3. In Poem 67, the sounds of _____ are often agonizing to those who die for their cause.
(a) Failure.
(b) Triumph.
(c) War.
(d) Sorrow.

4. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.
(a) They marry.
(b) They divorce.
(c) They are born.
(d) They die.

5. Poem 84 begins, "Her breast is fit for ____, / But I was not a 'Diver.'"
(a) Kisses.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Love.
(d) Pearls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 477, Emily writes that no one can determine the scope or direction of ________.

2. What does Emily talk about in Poem 23?

3. In Poem 511, what does Emily tell a friend she would do if she knew when the friend was coming?

4. What does the king not do in Poem 103?

5. In Poem 61, Emily writes a humorous epitaph for a mouse that has been killed by a ____.

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