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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 292, Emily encourages one to go ahead and try even if the courage is not there. She suggests holding a steady _____ and also taking deep breaths.
(a) Resolve.
(b) Posture.
(c) Hand.
(d) Mettle.

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

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

4. In Poem 199, Emily seems to be writing about the transition from being a single woman to being married and becoming a wife. She indicates it is safer to be _____.
(a) A wife.
(b) A man.
(c) Single.
(d) A child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?

3. In Poem 277, Emily contemplates what might happen if she were to do what?

4. Poem 95 begins with the line, "My _____ are for Captives--."

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sunset and sunrise of Poem 318.

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

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

4. Discuss briefly how Emily Dickinson uses the theme of Death in Poems 1-94.

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

6. How does Dickinson describe the morning after dreaming of visions or lack of them in Poem 103?

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

8. What does the author write about "Paradise" in Poem 215?

9. What does Dickinson write about the "houses" of Heaven in Poem 127?

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

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