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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 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 ____.
(a) Countenance.
(b) Grief.
(c) Love.
(d) Memory.

2. ______ is said to have sowed the seeds of the crucifixion because, according to the Bible, he did nothing to stop the innocent Jesus from being put to death. Instead, he released to the crowd Barabbas, the known murderer.
(a) Peter.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Goliath.
(d) Herod.

3. Poem 561 is a poem about grief and hurt. To what does Emily compare the grief of each grieving person she meets?
(a) That of her mother.
(b) That of her own.
(c) That of Jesus's.
(d) That of her father.

4. In Poem 823, Emily states that God is not interested in what things people have done while on earth, but the things they might have done had they been more ____.
(a) Godlike.
(b) Evil.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Honest.

5. In Poem 254, only a severe ____ can drown out the sound of the tune.
(a) Volcano.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 245, when Emily does wake, the ____ is gone, and Emily is left with only its memory.

2. Poem 245 is a poem of loss. In it Emily speaks of a ____ that she has.

3. In Poem 1021, Emily describes the life of the children of God. What, according to Emily, will these people often feel far from?

4. According to Poem 829, the grave is a bed where the sleeper waits for __________.

5. In Poem 226, Emily professes allegiance to a friend by telling this friend that she would harass God until God did what?

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