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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Revelations.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Luke.

2. In Poem 507, Emily refers to the bird as _____ which revealed a thousand toes and then ran away on them.
(a) Bliss.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Sorrow.

3. In Poem 351, after her contemplation is over, she decides even she might learn to like to live ____ just as she likes her earthly home.
(a) In heaven.
(b) With a husband.
(c) In the clouds.
(d) In hell.

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

5. In Poem 377, Emily makes the point that it is worse to lose one's faith than to lose _________________?
(a) A lover.
(b) A child.
(c) A large amount of land or money.
(d) A husband.

6. In Poem 127, Emily writes about the ______ that have been prepared in heaven for God's children.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Mansions.
(c) Caskets.
(d) Wings.

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

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

9. What act does Emily define in Poem437?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Love.
(d) Prayer.

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) Peter.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Goliath.
(d) Herod.

11. In Poem 389, the doctor has left and the _____ has come to take charge of the situation.
(a) Son.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Father.
(d) Minister.

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

13. 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.
(a) "Maybe."
(b) "Perhaps."
(c) "I guess."
(d) "Let's hope."

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

15. 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) Heaven.
(c) God.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 389 is another poem that addresses the reality of death. According to Emily, where has a death occurred?

2. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."

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

4. In the final stanza of Poem 507, Emily writes about the cat's dashed hopes for what?

5. In Poem 536, what would humans prefer to have first?

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