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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 536, if none of this is possible, people will generally desire ____ and the ability to be set free from their suffering.
(a) Death.
(b) Safety.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Freedom of worry.

2. In Emily's first analogy in Poem 632, she states _____ can encompass more that the sky because it can comprehend the secrets of the sky along with other information.
(a) The ocean.
(b) The heart.
(c) The brain.
(d) The soul.

3. In Poem 632, Emily states that the brain is the same weight as _______.
(a) God.
(b) The soul.
(c) The heart.
(d) The earth.

4. In Poem 1085, Emily writes about the personality of ______ and her family of plants and flowers.
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Mother Nature.
(d) Her friend.

5. In Poem 256, Dickinson indicates she believes she is now banished from heaven. She concludes ______ has turned his face away from her.
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her son.
(c) The Devil.
(d) The Savior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 84 begins, "Her breast is fit for ____, / But I was not a 'Diver.'"

2. What voice is Poem 640 written in?

3. In Poem 470, Emily first reasons she is alive because she holds a blooming _______ in her hands.

4. Doom is the subject of Poem 475. In this poem, what is described by Emily as doom?

5. Poem 1163 makes an interesting comment about the nature of God. She states that God does not act without what?

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