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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 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?
(a) Let the friend be with her.
(b) Saved the friend's life.
(c) Let the friend marry.
(d) Let the friend into heaven.

2. Poem 389 is another poem that addresses the reality of death. According to Emily, where has a death occurred?
(a) In her home.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the house across the street from hers.
(d) In her father's home.

3. In Poem 351, after her contemplation is over, she decides even she might learn to like to live ____ just as she likes her earthly home.
(a) With a husband.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In the clouds.
(d) In hell.

4. In Poem 234, Emily shows her uncertainty of what actually happens to the bad people by tacking the phrase ______ onto the end of her poem.
(a) "I guess."
(b) "Maybe."
(c) "Perhaps."
(d) "Let's hope."

5. In Poem 127, if some people knew such dwellings were waiting for them, by what means would they go there as soon as possible?
(a) Death.
(b) Chariots.
(c) Wind.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?

2. Poem 256 turns the idea of hope on its head. Emily writes about becoming _________.

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

4. Poem 480 is a poem about love. In response to a lover's question of why she loves him, Emily answers that _____ does not require an answer from the grass when it passes by.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the self-view of Poem 351.

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

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

5. What are examples of couples in the universe that Dickinson uses in Poem 1? Why does she use them?

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

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

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

9. Describe the act of prayer in Poem 437.

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

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