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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Poem 739 depicts Emily's search for peace. She writes she often felt peace was at hand, almost as some see hallucinations of ______ where there is none.
(a) Birds and butterflies.
(b) Land or water.
(c) Friends.
(d) Gardens and tombs.

3. The Bible is the topic of Poem 1545. She states this ancient book is written by _____ or dead men.
(a) Faded.
(b) Biased.
(c) Faithless.
(d) Lost.

4. Poem 1719 describes the nature of God. In this poem she indicates that she knows God is a _____ God.
(a) Base.
(b) Nurturing.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Loving.

5. In Poem 723, Emily uses the imagery of a stormy sea and ______to describe life?
(a) A tossed ship.
(b) A cannon.
(c) The moon.
(d) The stars.

6. 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) March.
(b) Winter.
(c) September.
(d) April.

7. In Poem 1052, Emily writes that even though she has not physically seen heaven, she knows it exists. She states that she knows heaven exists in the same way that although she has never seen _____, but she knows it exists.
(a) The mountains.
(b) The desert.
(c) The sea.
(d) The sun.

8. In Poem 737, Emily describes the moon in friendly terms. The description paints a picture of the moon being arrayed in silver, beryl and ____, materials used often in jewelry.
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gold.
(c) Amber.
(d) Jade.

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

10. In Poem 723, as the ship capsizes, what are all members of the crew doomed to as they fall below the waves?
(a) Swim.
(b) Death.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

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

12. In Poem 1747, the parasol is generally associated with a ____ and is used mainly for decoration.
(a) Raincoat.
(b) Eyeglass.
(c) Fan.
(d) Flower.

13. In Poem 726, lines 2, 4, and 6 end with the rhyming words of die, by and ____.
(a) High.
(b) Supply.
(c) Dry.
(d) Fly.

14. In Poem 1176, Emily writes about the spectacular abilities of _____.
(a) Animals.
(b) Humans.
(c) God.
(d) Nature.

15. Emily concludes Poem 1075 by stating this is a day when nature is caught without its ____.
(a) Crown.
(b) Robes.
(c) Scepter.
(d) Wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emily concludes Poem 1176 in saying that _____ would be normal if people weren't afraid to rise above themselves.

2. In Poem 744, Emily talks about remorse. Emily presents remorse as a relentless remembering of what?

3. The ____ is the subject of Poem 737.

4. In Poem 1445, Emily writes about death. She states that death is a ____ who always gets the one it courts.

5. In Poem 1763, Emily writes about fame. She compares this station in life to a ___.

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