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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 429 _____ is always obedient to the power of the moon and never oversteps its bounds.
(a) The sea.
(b) The stars.
(c) The seasons.
(d) Her love.

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) Goliath.
(b) Peter.
(c) David.
(d) Matthew.

3. In Poem 536, if people must have pain, people would prefer to have what to deaden the unpleasant sensations?
(a) God's love.
(b) Death.
(c) Pain medications.
(d) Beautiful surroundings.

4. In Poem 536, if none of this is possible, people will generally desire ____ and the ability to be set free from their suffering.
(a) Safety.
(b) Freedom of worry.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Death.

5. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?
(a) A garden.
(b) A lover.
(c) A flower.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second stanza of Poem 234, Emily talks about the cost associated with going to heaven. Here she uses _____ terminology in her description.

2. Poem 351 brings forth the image of a person being able to examine their life manually as one might examine ____________.

3. In Poem 324, Emily believes that this time with God in nature is more beneficial to her because she is experiencing _____ day by day instead of waiting until life is over.

4. Emily attempts to convince the man that being single is _________ in Poem 1?

5. In the third stanza of Poem 561, Emily wonders if the person has to work to ______ and if they would prefer to die rather than to go on hurting.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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