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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What voice is Poem 640 written in?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Fourth person.

2. The relationship between an _____ and a parasol is the topic of Poem 1747.
(a) Umbrella.
(b) Artist's painting.
(c) Envelope.
(d) Eyeglass.

3. Poem 1163 makes an interesting comment about the nature of God. She states that God does not act without what?
(a) Love.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Reason.
(d) Power.

4. In Emily's first analogy in Poem 632, she states _____ can encompass more that the sky because it can comprehend the secrets of the sky along with other information.
(a) The brain.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The heart.
(d) The soul.

5. In Poem 744, Emily talks about remorse. Emily presents remorse as a relentless remembering of what?
(a) Behaviors that are in the past.
(b) Lost loves.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Angry remarks.

6. In Poem 809, Emily writes about the nature of love. She states that those who are loved are unable to do what?
(a) Die.
(b) Be evil.
(c) Remember.
(d) Forget.

7. In Poem 632, Emily states that the brain is the same weight as _______.
(a) The heart.
(b) The soul.
(c) God.
(d) The earth.

8. According to Poem 829, the grave is a bed where the sleeper waits for __________.
(a) Judgment Day.
(b) Peace.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Love.

9. In Poem 608, Emily states she is afraid of the ______ no more than the east is afraid of the morning time.
(a) End of time.
(b) Judgment Day.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Atomic bomb.

10. In Poem 1100, Emily writes about the death of a loved one. She first notes the night of the death was _____ for everyone not associated with the death.
(a) Disastrous.
(b) Somber.
(c) Silent.
(d) Common.

11. The wind is the topic of Poem 1137. In the first stanza Emily describes the duties of the wind as including directing ships at sea and marking the beginning of ____.
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) Winter.

12. In the final stanza of Poem 737, Emily portrays the moon as being the owner or possessor of _______ with the remainder of the stars, firmament and universe being only garments and decorations for the moon.
(a) Beauty.
(b) God's love.
(c) The earth.
(d) The Universe.

13. In the conclusion of Poem 609, Emily ____ from the house silently, like a thief, so no one will know she has been there.
(a) Crawls.
(b) Creeps.
(c) Trots.
(d) Runs.

14. In Poem 1711, Emily writes a poem in which she describes a person with a ___ face.
(a) Hard.
(b) Delicate.
(c) Sorrowful.
(d) Soft.

15. In Poem 1061, Emily states that although humans generally don't know from what they need ______, they live their lives locked in the prison of this guilt.
(a) Retribution.
(b) Faith.
(c) God's love.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. This book includes two versions of Poem 824. Both poems address the same topic, but the wording and _____ differ slightly from one poem to the other.

2. In Poem 1451, Emily writes about the guilt a person who disenchants even one ______ should feel.

3. A unique feature of Emily's poetry is her liberal use of _____ instead of more traditional punctuation.

4. In Poem 1021, Emily describes the life of the children of God. What, according to Emily, will these people often feel far from?

5. In Poem 823, Emily states that God is not interested in what things people have done while on earth, but the things they might have done had they been more ____.

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