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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. Poem 609 tells of returning home after being away for several years. Emily expresses _____ at the idea of knocking on the door for fear that someone she does not know will answer and want to know why she is there.
2. Memory is the topic of Poem 1406. This poem states that those who have once been part of someone's memory never lose their place in the _____.
3. Emily summarizes the Bible story of whom in Poem 1317?
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 ___________.
5. In Poem 723, Emily uses the imagery of a stormy sea and ______to describe life?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the poet describe the nature of God in Poem 1163?
2. How does Emily use the imagery of the sea in Poem 723?
3. What comparisons does Dickinson make in Poem 1374?
4. What is described of the coming storm in Poem 824?
5. In Poem 964 Emily writes about the way in which God accepts His children. Describe this poem.
6. What does Emily write of "hope" in poem 1392?
7. What is the metaphor for fame in Poem 1763?
8. How does the author describe the pain of being forgotten in Poem 1683?
9. How does Emily feel about the concept that pain grows less over time in Poem 686?
10. In Poem 809 Emily writes about the nature of love. What does she say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Poem 465 begins, "I heard a Fly buzz -- when I died -- / The Stillness in the Room / Was like the Stillness in the Air -- / Between the Heaves of Storm". What symbolism is used in this poem? How do these symbols lend us to more meaning in terms of its theme?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss some of the different settings used in Dickinson's poems. How does the author use setting and imagery to define the poems' themes and tones?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the structure of the following poem. Note the poem's meter, rhyme, assonance, consonance, and alliteration. Describe how these combine to form the poem's tone. "Not Sickness stains the Brave, / Nor and Dart, / Nor Doubt of Scene to come, / But an adjourning Heart --".
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