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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the poet speaking to in Poem 48?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A jewel.
(c) A dove.
(d) A flower.

2. In Poem 389, the doctor has left and the _____ has come to take charge of the situation.
(a) Son.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Father.
(d) Minister.

3. In Poem 127, if some people knew such dwellings were waiting for them, by what means would they go there as soon as possible?
(a) Wind.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Chariots.

4. In Poem 61, Emily writes a humorous epitaph for a mouse that has been killed by a ____.
(a) Bird.
(b) Man.
(c) Cat.
(d) Owl.

5. In Poem 90, Emily talks about having something just _____ without having the ability to grasp hold of it.
(a) Embraced.
(b) Within reach.
(c) Out of reach.
(d) Won.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 536, if they can't have ______, humans would prefer to have no pain.

2. Poem 84 begins, "Her breast is fit for ____, / But I was not a 'Diver.'"

3. In Poem 824, Emily notes that, despite the threat of the storm, _______ is not damaged. Only a tree in the yard is split.

4. In Poem 377, loss of faith turns the being into something of a _________.

5. ______ 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.

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