1. Emily talks about the feeling of exhilaration in Poem 1118. She writes that this feeling of exhilaration raises people above their normal conditions and makes them feel as if they are somewhat better than their _____________.
(a) Average circumstances.
(b) Fears.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Loneliness.

2. Emily concludes Poem 1176 in saying that _____ would be normal if people weren't afraid to rise above themselves.
(a) Bravery.
(b) Faith.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Honesty.

3. Poem 477, Emily writes that no one can determine the scope or direction of ________.
(a) Grief.
(b) Love.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Despair.

4. Poem 92 states, "Mortal, my friend must be, / Because it ____!"
(a) Dies.
(b) Flies.
(c) Cries.
(d) Lives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 480 is a poem about love. In response to a lover's question of why she loves him, Emily answers that _____ does not require an answer from the grass when it passes by.

2. What act does Emily define in Poem437?

3. In what voice does the poet write in Poem 47?

4. In Poem 339, Emily writes of her wonder that such small flowers can hold so much beautiful ____.

5. In Poem 234, Emily shows her uncertainty of what actually happens to the bad people by tacking the phrase ______ onto the end of her poem.

(see the answer key)

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