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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. What did Emily do the afternoon of the day her father died?
(a) She spent the afternoon with her brother's wife.
(b) She spent the afternoon in her room writing.
(c) She spent the afternoon with her lover.
(d) She spent the entire afternoon with him.

2. What is the topic of the poem Emily relates after she talks about why people are afraid to let go?
(a) The birds in the garden.
(b) Death and the process of dying.
(c) Her body's machinery.
(d) The impact of nature.

3. What animals did Emily's father keep?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cats.
(c) Cows.
(d) Dogs.

4. What happened to Gilbert?
(a) He moved to another city.
(b) He died of typhoid.
(c) He moved in with Emily and Vinnie.
(d) He went on to become a rider.

5. What does Emily take downstairs with her when she hears the professor's coach pull up?
(a) Her sister's cat.
(b) A copy of the letters he wrote to her.
(c) Her whole box of poems.
(d) The sewing she was working on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emily say Helen is now living?

2. Which of the following is the best synonym for the word deride?

3. How long after Emily's father died did her mother become ill?

4. Who was the other poet that Mr. Higginson crushed?

5. What is Emily waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Emily say she would want on her grave when she dies?

2. Why doesn't Emily write as much poetry as she used to?

3. What did one of Emily's friends write in his last letter to her before he died?

4. What does Emily promise to give to the audience the next time they visit?

5. How does Emily say that she loved Wadsworth, and what does she tell the audience about this love?

6. Who is Emily's only one true love?

7. What does Emily call death and life?

8. What does Emily say about herself when the audience is shocked after learning about her suitors?

9. What did Emily and her family wonder as Gilbert made his last declaration before dying?

10. When does Emily write?

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