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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 805-1081.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 536, what would humans prefer to have first?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Faith.

2. Emily makes an interesting comment about quiet people in Poem 543. She states that she ____ quiet people, those of few words.
(a) Fears.
(b) Worships.
(c) Is jealous of.
(d) Loves.

3. Paradise is the topic of Poem 215. What does Emily ask about paradise?
(a) Who lives there.
(b) Where it is.
(c) When she will arrive.
(d) Why she hasn't found it.

4. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?
(a) Let the friend marry.
(b) Saved the friend's life.
(c) Let the friend into heaven.
(d) Let the friend be with her.

5. According to Poem 829, the grave is a bed where the sleeper waits for __________.
(a) Judgment Day.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 234, Emily shows her uncertainty of what actually happens to the bad people by tacking the phrase ______ onto the end of her poem.

2. In Poem 536, if none of this is possible, people will generally desire ____ and the ability to be set free from their suffering.

3. In Poem 536, if they can't be freed from pain, what would humans prefer to do?

4. In Poem 256, Dickinson indicates she believes she is now banished from heaven. She concludes ______ has turned his face away from her.

5. In Poem 1078, death is once again the topic. Here Emily speaks of the movement in a house the day after someone has died. Instead of the packing up of physical things, Emily refers to the packing up of ____.

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