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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems 504-599.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 377, Emily makes the point that it is worse to lose one's faith than to lose _________________?
(a) A child.
(b) A large amount of land or money.
(c) A husband.
(d) A lover.

2. In Poem 536, if they can't be freed from pain, what would humans prefer to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Watch beauty.

3. Poem 480 is a poem about love. In response to a lover's question of why she loves him, Emily answers that _____ does not require an answer from the grass when it passes by.
(a) The flowers.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) The wind.

4. 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) Revelations.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Luke.
(d) Psalms.

5. In Poem 77, the author writes, "I never hear the word _____ / Without a quicker blood."
(a) Passion.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 80, the author writes, "Our lives are ____ -- / So still -- so Cool --."

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

3. In Poem 118, Emily wishes she could do away with all of humanity and begin her time in _________.

4. In the final stanza of Poem 413, Emily contemplates trying to run away from God; but, according to Emily, what will she not be able to escape?

5. Emily writes about a cat chasing ____ in Poem 507.

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