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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as ribbons unfolding as squirrels run to tell the news.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Trees.

3. In Poem 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.
(a) Seclusion.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Hell.
(d) Isolation.

4. In Poem 103, to what does Emily equate the lack of prayer?
(a) Killing oneself.
(b) Lying under oath in court.
(c) Lying to God.
(d) Killing someone.

5. 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) Bedroom.
(c) Funeral home.
(d) Cemetery.

6. In Poem 536, if they can't have ______, humans would prefer to have no pain.
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Faith.

7. In Poem 199, Emily seems to be writing about the transition from being a single woman to being married and becoming a wife. She indicates it is safer to be _____.
(a) A man.
(b) Single.
(c) A wife.
(d) A child.

8. In Poem 103, what does Emily feel in the morning after having such dreams?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Victorious.
(d) Angry.

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

10. In Poem 413, Emily writes about displacement and her desire to run away from _________.
(a) God's watchful eye.
(b) The world.
(c) The eyes of mankind.
(d) The eyes of the village.

11. In Poem 23, the author hopes that "he" finds no comfort where he is until he chooses to __________.
(a) Go to God.
(b) Repent.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Marry.

12. In the final stanza of Poem 413, Emily contemplates trying to run away from God; but, according to Emily, what will she not be able to escape?
(a) Death.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) Hell.
(d) Judgment Day.

13. In Poem 168, Emily moves on to insist that those who read ______ but don't understand the text should not be criticized by those who have studied Biblical texts.
(a) Psalms.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Luke.

14. In what voice does the poet write in Poem 47?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Fourth person.

15. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"
(a) Plain.
(b) Forest.
(c) Field.
(d) Brook.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?

2. Poem 254 presents a beautiful picture of the idea of hope. In this poem Emily portrays hope as a _______.

3. 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?

4. Poem 351 brings forth the image of a person being able to examine their life manually as one might examine ____________.

5. In Poem 96, whom does the poet address with the line, "My Master's sleeping here. Pray lead me to his bed!"?

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