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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 214-311.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poem 149 begins, "She went as quiet as the ___".
(a) Morning.
(b) Night.
(c) Dew.
(d) Sunshine.

2. Poem 254 presents a beautiful picture of the idea of hope. In this poem Emily portrays hope as a _______.
(a) Window.
(b) Cat.
(c) Cloud.
(d) Bird.

3. Among what may Angels be seen when the sun is hottest in Poem 94?
(a) The trees.
(b) The clouds.
(c) The sands.
(d) The Dews.

4. Poem 136 begins, "Have you got a ____ in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow?"
(a) Field.
(b) Plain.
(c) Forest.
(d) Brook.

5. In Poem 168, Emily moves on to insist that those who read ______ but don't understand the text should not be criticized by those who have studied Biblical texts.
(a) Luke.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Revelations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poem 95 begins with the line, "My _____ are for Captives--."

2. In Poem 61, Emily writes a humorous epitaph for a mouse that has been killed by a ____.

3. In Poem 292, Emily writes about gathering the _____ to do something one is afraid to do.

4. Poem 288 is one of Emily's more whimsical poems. In it she quips about the mundane nature of being __________.

5. The first of Emily Dickinson's poems is a cry for a single man to choose what for himself?

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