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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 67, the sounds of _____ are often agonizing to those who die for their cause.
(a) Triumph.
(b) War.
(c) Failure.
(d) Sorrow.

2. What does the king not do in Poem 103?
(a) Read.
(b) Worry.
(c) Speak.
(d) Cry.

3. Emily writes about a cat chasing ____ in Poem 507.
(a) A mouse.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A bird.
(d) A leaf.

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

5. Poem 92 states, "Mortal, my friend must be, / Because it ____!"
(a) Dies.
(b) Cries.
(c) Lives.
(d) Flies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 318, where are the sunrise and sunset which Emily describes?

2. In Poem 61, Emily writes a humorous epitaph for a mouse that has been killed by a ____.

3. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as a purple stile or steps, with yellow-colored children climbing over it.

4. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.

5. In Poem 103, to what does Emily equate the lack of prayer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Poem 199, describe the transitions of womanhood the poet writes about.

3. What metaphor does the author use to represent hope in Poem 254?

4. How is the reality of death described in Poem 389?

5. What does Emily write about Christ and human death in Poem 193?

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

7. In Poem 543, how does the poet describe her feelings for quiet people?

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

9. How does Dickinson use the moon and see as imagery in Poem 429?

10. In Poem 413, Emily writes about displacement and her desire to run away from God's watchful eye. How does she illustrate this?

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