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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. What is the subject of Poem 67?
(a) Success.
(b) Repentence.
(c) Death.
(d) Failure.

2. In Poem 23, the author hopes that "he" finds no comfort where he is until he chooses to __________.
(a) Marry.
(b) Repent.
(c) Go to God.
(d) Divorce.

3. In Poem 168, who is one of the heroes of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible who was denied entrance into Canaan, the Promised Land?
(a) Luke.
(b) Moses.
(c) Luther.
(d) Herod.

4. In the final stanza of Poem 429, Emily compares herself to _____ in the way in which she promises to be obedient to the far away acquaintance.
(a) The sea.
(b) The night.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

5. In Poem 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.
(a) Eternity.
(b) Hell.
(c) Seclusion.
(d) Isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In Poem 540, unlike _____, Emily does not fell her giant; she only succeeds in conquering herself.

4. In Poem 234, the phrases Emily uses to describe the way in which one enters into heaven comes from the book of _____ found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

5. In Poem 429 _____ is always obedient to the power of the moon and never oversteps its bounds.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emily describe her feelings of grief in Poem 561?

2. How does Emily Dickinson describe humans' approach to pain in Poem 536?

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

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

5. What does Emily write to her friend whom she longs for in Poem 511?

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

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

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

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

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

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