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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Medicine.
(b) Safety.
(c) Freedom of worry.
(d) Death.

2. Paradise is the topic of Poem 215. What does Emily ask about paradise?
(a) When she will arrive.
(b) Who lives there.
(c) Why she hasn't found it.
(d) Where it is.

3. In the final stanza of Poem 429, Emily compares herself to _____ in the way in which she promises to be obedient to the far away acquaintance.
(a) The stars.
(b) The sea.
(c) The night.
(d) The moon.

4. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?
(a) A house.
(b) A flower.
(c) A lover.
(d) A garden.

5. In Poem 67, the sounds of _____ are often agonizing to those who die for their cause.
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Failure.
(c) Triumph.
(d) War.

6. Poem 389 is another poem that addresses the reality of death. According to Emily, where has a death occurred?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the house across the street from hers.
(c) In her father's home.
(d) In her home.

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

8. According to Emily In Poem 103, if she has not seen hidden things in her dreams, what will the birds not do the following day?
(a) Be quiet.
(b) Sing.
(c) Fly.
(d) Visit her.

9. In Poem 324, Emily believes that this time with God in nature is more beneficial to her because she is experiencing _____ day by day instead of waiting until life is over.
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) God.
(d) Heaven.

10. ______ is said to have sowed the seeds of the crucifixion because, according to the Bible, he did nothing to stop the innocent Jesus from being put to death. Instead, he released to the crowd Barabbas, the known murderer.
(a) Goliath.
(b) Herod.
(c) Peter.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

11. In Poem 536, Emily describes a hierarchy of ______ of living conditions.
(a) Ingratitude.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Desirability.
(d) Misery.

12. Poem 118 makes a comment on the violent nature of ___________.
(a) Men.
(b) The human race.
(c) Animals.
(d) Warriors.

13. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.
(a) They divorce.
(b) They marry.
(c) They are born.
(d) They die.

14. 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 trees.
(b) The sea.
(c) Her love.
(d) The rivers.

15. In Poem 234, the phrases Emily uses to describe the way in which one enters into heaven comes from the book of _____ found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
(a) Psalms.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Luke.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In the conclusion of Poem 339, Emily seems to be portraying herself as a daisy. What is she waiting for?

4. Poem 561 is a poem about grief and hurt. To what does Emily compare the grief of each grieving person she meets?

5. In Poem 215, Emily asks if those in Eden wear _____ .

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