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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 153, what does the author write is "the only Secret?"
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Dust.
(d) Worry.

2. In the second stanza of Poem 234, Emily talks about the cost associated with going to heaven. Here she uses _____ terminology in her description.
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Medical.
(c) Christian.
(d) Banking.

3. In Poem 23, the author hopes that "he" finds no comfort where he is until he chooses to __________.
(a) Go to God.
(b) Marry.
(c) Repent.
(d) Divorce.

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

5. Paradise is the topic of Poem 215. What does Emily ask about paradise?
(a) Why she hasn't found it.
(b) Who lives there.
(c) Where it is.
(d) When she will arrive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."

3. Emily attempts to convince the man that being single is _________ in Poem 1?

4. The ____ is the subject of Poem 737.

5. 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.

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