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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 608, Emily states she is afraid of the ______ no more than the east is afraid of the morning time.
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Judgment Day.
(c) End of time.
(d) Resurrection.

2. This book includes two versions of Poem 824. Both poems address the same topic, but the wording and _____ differ slightly from one poem to the other.
(a) Meter.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Rhyme scheme.
(d) Symbolism.

3. In Poem 1075, Emily writes about nature in one of its less regal moments. What is described by Emily in this poem?
(a) A dark winter day.
(b) A sunlit summer day.
(c) A wet spring day.
(d) A crisp autumn day.

4. In Poem 1680, Emily writes about the nature of love. She states that in her opinion, there are few people in the world who ___________.
(a) Love rather than lust.
(b) Accept another's love.
(c) Have faith in love.
(d) Actually love at all.

5. In Poem 1176, Emily writes about the spectacular abilities of _____.
(a) God.
(b) Animals.
(c) Humans.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 739 depicts Emily's search for peace. She writes she often felt peace was at hand, almost as some see hallucinations of ______ where there is none.

2. In Poem 1374 to a ____, a tree is a dining room.

3. In Poem 809, the act of being loved turns people into _______.

4. In Poem 1445, Emily writes about death. She states that death is a ____ who always gets the one it courts.

5. Poem 725 is a poem about finding home and comfort any place a ______ is located.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the pain of being forgotten in Poem 1683?

2. Describe the second version of Poem 1357.

3. How does Emily use the imagery of the sea in Poem 723?

4. Describe the wind in Poem 1137.

5. Describe the poet's feelings about remorse in Poem 744.

6. The first two lines of the different versions of Poem 1357 are the only two that are exactly alike. The remainder of each poem differs entirely from the other. Describe the first version of Poem 1357.

7. Describe how Emily deals with the subject of Fear in Poem 608.

8. Describe denial in Poem 621.

9. In Poem 809 Emily writes about the nature of love. What does she say?

10. Describe the poet's comparison of the brain to God in Poem 632.

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