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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 389, the doctor has left and the _____ has come to take charge of the situation.

2. Emily makes an interesting comment about quiet people in Poem 543. She states that she ____ quiet people, those of few words.

3. In Poem 511, what does Emily tell a friend she would do if she knew when the friend was coming?

4. Emily writes about a cat chasing ____ in Poem 507.

5. In Poem 168, Emily notes that the _____ call flowers simply flowers while other people classify these same flowers into groups.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Dickinson compare herself to David of David and Goliath in Poem 540?

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

7. What does Emily Dickinson relate about life after death in Poem 234?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Emily Dickinson's unique use of capitalization and punctuation in her poetry. What is the significance of these structural elements? What forms of imagery are often capitalized?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the effects of voice and tense in the author's poetry. Compare the voice and tense of the following lines and describe how they affect the poems' moods and tones: (1) "My Reward for Being, was This. / My premium -- My Bliss --" (2) "Ah, Moon -- and Star! / You are very far --".

Essay Topic 3

Describe the terms alliteration, rhyme, assonance, and consonance. How does the author use these in her poetry? Cite examples from the text in your answer.

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