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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, what would humans prefer to have first?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

2. In Poem 168, Emily notes that the _____ call flowers simply flowers while other people classify these same flowers into groups.
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Base.
(c) Unlearned.
(d) Faithful.

3. In Poem 470, Emily knows she is alive because she is not laid out in a _________________with people looking over her dead body and asking questions about her death.
(a) Bedroom.
(b) Funeral home.
(c) Parlor.
(d) Cemetery.

4. In Poem 389, the doctor has left and the _____ has come to take charge of the situation.
(a) Minister.
(b) Son.
(c) Father.
(d) Daughter.

5. In Poem 396, Emily writes about a pleasant _____ in life that is closer to occurring than pain.
(a) Love.
(b) Vacation.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.

2. In conclusion of Poem 480, Emily indicates that it is the ______ that compels her to love him.

3. In Poem 127, if some people knew such dwellings were waiting for them, by what means would they go there as soon as possible?

4. Poem 84 begins, "Her breast is fit for ____, / But I was not a 'Diver.'"

5. In Poem 324, instead of the bells and ornamentation of a large church, Emily's music is that of a ____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Discuss how Emily knows she is alive in Poem 470.

6. How does Dickinson compare herself to David of David and Goliath in Poem 540?

7. How does Dickinson connect flowers to Revelations in Poem 168?

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

9. What does Emily Dickinson relate about life after death in Poem 234?

10. Discuss some of the Biblical imagery in the first poems of the book.

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