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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 609 tells of returning home after being away for several years. Emily expresses _____ at the idea of knocking on the door for fear that someone she does not know will answer and want to know why she is there.
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Dread.
(c) Rage.
(d) Laughter.

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

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

4. In Poem 1763, Emily writes about fame. She compares this station in life to a ___.
(a) Lover.
(b) Bird.
(c) Bee.
(d) Butterfly.

5. In Poem 1387 Emily describes a butterfly. Emily notes that even though the butterfly's wings are beautifully decorated, the butterfly still often closes its wings as if its decorations were not _____.
(a) Transparent.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Complete.
(d) Colorful.

6. In the final stanza of Poem 1137, Emily admits even she is not aware of the _____ of the wind.
(a) Silence.
(b) Limitations.
(c) Joys.
(d) Sorrows.

7. In Poem 1680, Emily writes about the nature of love. She states that in her opinion, there are few people in the world who ___________.
(a) Accept another's love.
(b) Have faith in love.
(c) Actually love at all.
(d) Love rather than lust.

8. 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 heart.
(b) The brain.
(c) The soul.
(d) The ocean.

9. 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 sea.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The sun.
(d) The desert.

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

11. In Poem 824, Emily notes that, despite the threat of the storm, _______ is not damaged. Only a tree in the yard is split.
(a) Her sister's house.
(b) Her mother's house.
(c) Her father's house.
(d) Her house.

12. In Poem 1374, Emily writes about comparisons. While a saucer holds only a little in the eyes of a human, it holds a feast in the eyes of a ____.
(a) Cat.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Bird.
(d) Squirrel.

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

14. 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.
(a) Imagery.
(b) Rhyme scheme.
(c) Meter.
(d) Symbolism.

15. In Poem 1021, Emily describes the life of the children of God. What, according to Emily, will these people often feel far from?
(a) The temptation of sin.
(b) The world around them.
(c) The affection of their heavenly Father.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 1085, Emily writes about the personality of ______ and her family of plants and flowers.

2. In the second stanza of Poem 1137, Emily writes about the joys of the wind. These joys include _______ and coming or going at will.

3. What is the subject of Poem 621?

4. What voice is Poem 640 written in?

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

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