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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 377, loss of faith turns the being into something of a _________.
(a) Loner.
(b) Beggar.
(c) Monster.
(d) Heathen.

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

3. Among what may Angels be seen when the sun is hottest in Poem 94?
(a) The trees.
(b) The Dews.
(c) The sands.
(d) The clouds.

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

5. In Poem 470, when she holds a ____ before her mouth, it fogs up.
(a) Flower.
(b) Teardrop.
(c) Magnifying glass.
(d) Mirror.

6. 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 hell.
(b) In the clouds.
(c) With a husband.
(d) In heaven.

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

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

9. In Poem 413, Emily gives her reasons for knowing she won't like ___________.
(a) Heaven.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Hell.
(d) Death.

10. In Poem 470, Emily also states she knows she is alive because she does not own a __________.
(a) House.
(b) Flower.
(c) Halo.
(d) Cat.

11. 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 night.
(b) The sea.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

12. In Poem 429 _____ is always obedient to the power of the moon and never oversteps its bounds.
(a) The seasons.
(b) The sea.
(c) Her love.
(d) The stars.

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

14. In Poem 292, Emily writes about gathering the _____ to do something one is afraid to do.
(a) Gusto.
(b) Strength.
(c) Mettle.
(d) Courage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 318, where are the sunrise and sunset which Emily describes?

2. In Poem 540, unlike _____, Emily does not fell her giant; she only succeeds in conquering herself.

3. Poem 477, Emily writes that no one can determine the scope or direction of ________.

4. In Poem 396, Emily writes about a pleasant _____ in life that is closer to occurring than pain.

5. Poem 288 is one of Emily's more whimsical poems. In it she quips about the mundane nature of being __________.

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