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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 1670-1775.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 608, Emily states she is afraid of the ______ no more than the east is afraid of the morning time.
(a) Resurrection.
(b) End of time.
(c) Atomic bomb.
(d) Judgment Day.

2. Poem 84 begins, "Her breast is fit for ____, / But I was not a 'Diver.'"
(a) Kisses.
(b) Pearls.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Love.

3. Poem 256 turns the idea of hope on its head. Emily writes about becoming _________.
(a) Buried in her garden.
(b) Lost after once being found.
(c) Blessed and married.
(d) Married and widowed.

4. 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?
(a) The rivers.
(b) Her love.
(c) The sea.
(d) The trees.

5. Poem 725 is a poem about finding home and comfort any place a ______ is located.
(a) Pet.
(b) Loved one.
(c) Priest.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Memory is the topic of Poem 1406. This poem states that those who have once been part of someone's memory never lose their place in the _____.

2. Emily writes about the color of the grave in Poem 411. In the first stanza, Emily writes about the _____ of the grave in the summer.

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

4. 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 ____.

5. In Poem 1410, Emily notes the possible effects of her hidden _____ on her friends and family.

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