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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emily attempts to convince the man that being single is _________ in Poem 1?
(a) Natural.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Not natural.

2. In Poem 324, Emily believes that this time with God in nature is more beneficial to her because she is experiencing _____ day by day instead of waiting until life is over.
(a) Death.
(b) Heaven.
(c) God.
(d) Life.

3. In Poem 292, Emily encourages one to go ahead and try even if the courage is not there. She suggests holding a steady _____ and also taking deep breaths.
(a) Posture.
(b) Hand.
(c) Mettle.
(d) Resolve.

4. What is being longed for in Poem 511?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Love.
(c) A friend.
(d) Marriage.

5. 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?
(a) Death.
(b) Judgment Day.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 511, what does Emily tell a friend she would do if she knew when the friend was coming?

2. In Poem 324, instead of the bells and ornamentation of a large church, Emily's music is that of a ____.

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

4. In Poem 339, Emily writes of her wonder that such small flowers can hold so much beautiful ____.

5. In Poem 536, Emily describes a hierarchy of ______ of living conditions.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the flower imagery of Poem 339.

2. Describe the sunset and sunrise of Poem 318.

3. What does Dickinson write about Moses in Poem 168?

4. Discuss the author's point of view on suicide in poem 277.

5. In Poem 256, Emily turns to a different vision of hope. What is this expression?

6. Discuss the metaphor for loss which the poet uses in Poem 245.

7. What does the poet "speak to" symbolically in discussing loss in Poem 47?

8. What does Emily write about Christ and human death in Poem 193?

9. How does Dickinson compare herself to David of David and Goliath in Poem 540?

10. Discuss the self-view of Poem 351.

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