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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 168, who is one of the heroes of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible who was denied entrance into Canaan, the Promised Land?
(a) Moses.
(b) Luther.
(c) Herod.
(d) Luke.

2. In Poem 80, the author writes, "Our lives are ____ -- / So still -- so Cool --."
(a) French.
(b) Swiss.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Natural.

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

4. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as a purple stile or steps, with yellow-colored children climbing over it.
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Mountains.

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

6. In the second stanza of Poem 234, Emily talks about the cost associated with going to heaven. Here she uses _____ terminology in her description.
(a) Medical.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Banking.
(d) Christian.

7. Poem 245 is a poem of loss. In it Emily speaks of a ____ that she has.
(a) Cat.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Flower.
(d) Dog.

8. In Poem 277, Emily contemplates what might happen if she were to do what?
(a) Kill her friend.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Have children.
(d) Marry.

9. What is the poet speaking to in Poem 48?
(a) A flower.
(b) A jewel.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A dove.

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

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

12. In Poem 536, what would humans prefer to have first?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Faith.
(d) Pleasure.

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

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

15. In Poem 215, Emily asks if those in Eden wear _____ .
(a) Haloes.
(b) Sandals.
(c) Wings.
(d) New shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 437, ____ is referred to as the One whose presence is denied to men.

2. 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 _____.

3. _____ is the theme of Poem 470. Emily states that she believes she is alive.

4. In Poem 413, Emily gives her reasons for knowing she won't like ___________.

5. 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.

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