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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.
(a) Flower.
(b) Gem.
(c) Dog.
(d) Friend.

2. In Poem 168, Emily notes that the _____ call flowers simply flowers while other people classify these same flowers into groups.
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Base.
(c) Unlearned.
(d) Faithful.

3. Doom is the subject of Poem 475. In this poem, what is described by Emily as doom?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A house.
(c) A storm.
(d) A garden.

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

5. In Poem 318, where are the sunrise and sunset which Emily describes?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amherst.
(d) London.

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

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

8. In Poem 61, Emily writes a humorous epitaph for a mouse that has been killed by a ____.
(a) Owl.
(b) Cat.
(c) Man.
(d) Bird.

9. 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) Visit her.
(d) Fly.

10. In Poem 536, if people must have pain, people would prefer to have what to deaden the unpleasant sensations?
(a) Pain medications.
(b) Death.
(c) Beautiful surroundings.
(d) God's love.

11. 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 husband.
(d) A large amount of land or money.

12. 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) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Revelations.

13. In the final stanza of Poem 507, Emily writes about the cat's dashed hopes for what?
(a) Catching the squirrel.
(b) Catching the mouse.
(c) Catching the bird.
(d) Eating dinner.

14. In Poem 90, Emily talks about having something just _____ without having the ability to grasp hold of it.
(a) Within reach.
(b) Out of reach.
(c) Won.
(d) Embraced.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poet speaking to in Poem 48?

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. ______ 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.

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

5. Emily uses images of the Biblical characters _______ in Poem 540.

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