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

2. In Poem 470, Emily knows she is alive because she is not laid out in a _________________with people looking over her dead body and asking questions about her death.
(a) Parlor.
(b) Funeral home.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Bedroom.

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

4. In Poem 215, Emily ends with concern that the other ransomed will laugh at her, but she is hopeful that paradise won't be as lonely as where?
(a) New England.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Europe.
(d) The South.

5. Poem 149 begins, "She went as quiet as the ___".
(a) Dew.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Night.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 103, what does Emily feel in the morning after having such dreams?

2. In Poem 61, Emily requests God prepare the mouse a _____ in heaven in which to pass eternity.

3. In Poem 1176, Emily writes about the spectacular abilities of _____.

4. 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.

5. In Poem 1078, death is once again the topic. Here Emily speaks of the movement in a house the day after someone has died. Instead of the packing up of physical things, Emily refers to the packing up of ____.

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