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

2. In Poem 318, Emily describes the _____ as ribbons unfolding as squirrels run to tell the news.
(a) Trees.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Sunrise.

3. In Poem 215, Emily asks if those in Eden wear _____ .
(a) Haloes.
(b) Sandals.
(c) Wings.
(d) New shoes.

4. Poem 351 brings forth the image of a person being able to examine their life manually as one might examine ____________.
(a) A piece of jewelry.
(b) An inanimate object.
(c) A lover.
(d) A flower.

5. In Poem 351, after her contemplation is over, she decides even she might learn to like to live ____ just as she likes her earthly home.
(a) In the clouds.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In hell.
(d) With a husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 215, Emily ends with concern that the other ransomed will laugh at her, but she is hopeful that paradise won't be as lonely as where?

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

3. Doom is the subject of Poem 475. In this poem, what is described by Emily as doom?

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

5. What is the subject of Poem 67?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Poem 377, how does the poet compare faith and money?

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

4. What does Emily write to her friend whom she longs for in Poem 511?

5. How does Emily Dickinson describe humans' approach to pain in Poem 536?

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

7. What does the author write about "Paradise" in Poem 215?

8. In Poem 199, describe the transitions of womanhood the poet writes about.

9. Discuss briefly how Emily Dickinson uses the theme of Death in Poems 1-94.

10. In Poem 413, Emily writes about displacement and her desire to run away from God's watchful eye. How does she illustrate this?

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