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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 536, if they can't be freed from pain, what would humans prefer to do?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Watch beauty.
(d) Pray.

2. In Poem 470, Emily also states she knows she is alive because she does not own a __________.
(a) Cat.
(b) House.
(c) Halo.
(d) Flower.

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

4. Poem 234 is another poem that explores the topic of what happens to people when _______.
(a) They marry.
(b) They are born.
(c) They die.
(d) They divorce.

5. Poem 324 tells about Emily's _____ routine. While others in her village go to church, she stays at home and communes with God in nature.
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 536, what would humans prefer to have first?

2. In the final stanza of Poem 413, Emily contemplates trying to run away from God; but, according to Emily, what will she not be able to escape?

3. In Poem 536, if none of this is possible, people will generally desire ____ and the ability to be set free from their suffering.

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

5. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the actions of the cat chasing the bird in Poem 507?

2. Discuss briefly the poet's use of symbolism from nature.

3. In Poem 256, Emily turns to a different vision of hope. What is this expression?

4. What is Emily's Sunday routine in Poem 324?

5. How does the poet describe doom in Poem 475?

6. Discuss the self-view of Poem 351.

7. In Poem 377, how does the poet compare faith and money?

8. Describe the poet's vision of love in Poem 480.

9. Describe the sunset and sunrise of Poem 318.

10. What does Dickinson write about Moses in Poem 168?

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