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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 324, instead of the bells and ornamentation of a large church, Emily's music is that of a ____.
(a) Storm.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Pen.
(d) Bird.

2. Poem 118 makes a comment on the violent nature of ___________.
(a) Warriors.
(b) Animals.
(c) The human race.
(d) Men.

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

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

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

6. 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.
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Magenta.

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

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

9. In Poem 61, Emily requests God prepare the mouse a _____ in heaven in which to pass eternity.
(a) Matchbox.
(b) Mansion.
(c) Cupboard.
(d) Boat.

10. In conclusion of Poem 480, Emily indicates that it is the ______ that compels her to love him.
(a) Ocean.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Wind.

11. What is the subject of Poem 67?
(a) Failure.
(b) Death.
(c) Repentence.
(d) Success.

12. In Poem 339, Emily writes of how she tends her _____ in honor of some absent person.
(a) Garden.
(b) Writing.
(c) House.
(d) Jewelry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Paradise is the topic of Poem 215. What does Emily ask about paradise?

2. In Poem 90, Emily talks about having something just _____ without having the ability to grasp hold of it.

3. In Poem 256, Dickinson indicates she believes she is now banished from heaven. She concludes ______ has turned his face away from her.

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

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

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