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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 1082-1353.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 96, whom does the poet address with the line, "My Master's sleeping here. Pray lead me to his bed!"?
(a) Steward.
(b) Sexton.
(c) Michael.
(d) John.

2. Poem 288 is one of Emily's more whimsical poems. In it she quips about the mundane nature of being __________.
(a) Famous.
(b) Married.
(c) Widowed.
(d) Loved.

3. In Poem 324, instead of the bells and ornamentation of a large church, Emily's music is that of a ____.
(a) Storm.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Bird.
(d) Pen.

4. In Poem 215, Emily ends with concern that the other ransomed will laugh at her, but she is hopeful that paradise won't be as lonely as where?
(a) Her soul.
(b) The South.
(c) Europe.
(d) New England.

5. In Poem 608, Emily states she is afraid of the ______ no more than the east is afraid of the morning time.
(a) End of time.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Judgment Day.
(d) Atomic bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 351 brings forth the image of a person being able to examine their life manually as one might examine ____________.

2. Emily concludes Poem 1075 by stating this is a day when nature is caught without its ____.

3. In Poem 437, according to Emily, what determines if a prayer is accomplished?

4. In the third stanza of Poem 561, Emily wonders if the person has to work to ______ and if they would prefer to die rather than to go on hurting.

5. In Poem 726, lines 2, 4, and 6 end with the rhyming words of die, by and ____.

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