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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 413-503.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 413, Emily writes about displacement and her desire to run away from _________.
(a) The eyes of the village.
(b) The eyes of mankind.
(c) God's watchful eye.
(d) The world.

2. In Poem 103, what does Emily feel in the morning after having such dreams?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sorrowful.
(d) Victorious.

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

4. Poem 92 states, "Mortal, my friend must be, / Because it ____!"
(a) Cries.
(b) Flies.
(c) Dies.
(d) Lives.

5. In Poem 429, Emily pledges her obedience to some distant acquaintance. She begins her poem by writing about the way the moon directs the rhythm of what?
(a) The trees.
(b) Her love.
(c) The sea.
(d) The rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 254, only a severe ____ can drown out the sound of the tune.

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

3. 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.

4. In Poem 339, Emily writes of how she tends her _____ in honor of some absent person.

5. In Poem 429 _____ is always obedient to the power of the moon and never oversteps its bounds.

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