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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. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"
(a) Brook.
(b) Plain.
(c) Field.
(d) Forest.

2. In Poem 540, Emily states she set her power against the world and although she didn't have the power ____ had, she had more that the amount of boldness he did.
(a) Peter.
(b) Goliath.
(c) Matthew.
(d) David.

3. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.
(a) Gem.
(b) Friend.
(c) Flower.
(d) Dog.

4. In Poem 215, Emily asks if those in Eden wear _____ .
(a) Sandals.
(b) New shoes.
(c) Haloes.
(d) Wings.

5. 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) Cemetery.
(c) Parlor.
(d) Funeral home.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. What act does Emily define in Poem437?

3. Poem 118 makes a comment on the violent nature of ___________.

4. Poem 477, Emily writes that no one can determine the scope or direction of ________.

5. In Poem 396, Emily writes about a pleasant _____ in life that is closer to occurring than pain.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the author's point of view on suicide in poem 277.

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

3. Discuss the theme of loss the poet writes about in Poem 23.

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

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

6. Discuss the metaphor for loss which the poet uses in Poem 245.

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

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

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

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

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