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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 1082-1353.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Poem 1100, Emily writes about a feeling of _____ that this loved one is so close to infinity while those associated are required to stay behind on earth.
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Rage.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Repentence.

3. What does the king not do in Poem 103?
(a) Speak.
(b) Cry.
(c) Worry.
(d) Read.

4. In Poem 199, Emily seems to be writing about the transition from being a single woman to being married and becoming a wife. She indicates it is safer to be _____.
(a) A wife.
(b) A man.
(c) Single.
(d) A child.

5. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as ribbons unfolding as squirrels run to tell the news.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.

3. In Poem 429, Emily pledges her obedience to some distant acquaintance. She begins her poem by writing about the way the moon directs the rhythm of what?

4. In the final stanza of Poem 507, Emily writes about the cat's dashed hopes for what?

5. In Poem 1168, Emily writes about the age old emotions of _________. Although these two emotions are usually found together, they are not generally of equal standing.

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