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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 608, Emily states she is afraid of the ______ no more than the east is afraid of the morning time.

2. In Poem 1680, Emily writes about the nature of love. She states that in her opinion, there are few people in the world who ___________.

3. In Poem 1100, Emily writes about the death of a loved one. She first notes the night of the death was _____ for everyone not associated with the death.

4. In Emily's first analogy in Poem 632, she states _____ can encompass more that the sky because it can comprehend the secrets of the sky along with other information.

5. In Poem 1445, Emily writes about death. She states that death is a ____ who always gets the one it courts.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily write of "hope" in poem 1392?

2. Describe the poet's comparison of the brain to God in Poem 632.

3. How does Emily feel about the concept that pain grows less over time in Poem 686?

4. In Poem 809 Emily writes about the nature of love. What does she say?

5. How does the poet describe a person with a hard face in Poem 1711?

6. Describe the second version of Poem 1357.

7. How does Dickinson describe the death of a loved on in Poem 1100?

8. How does Emily use the imagery of the sea in Poem 723?

9. What comparisons does Dickinson make in Poem 1374?

10. The first two lines of the different versions of Poem 1357 are the only two that are exactly alike. The remainder of each poem differs entirely from the other. Describe the first version of Poem 1357.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effects of voice and tense in the author's poetry. Compare the voice and tense of the following lines and describe how they affect the poems' moods and tones: (1) "My Reward for Being, was This. / My premium -- My Bliss --" (2) "Ah, Moon -- and Star! / You are very far --".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the literary term "tone." What does this refer to? Taking two examples of poetry from the text, compare and contrast them in terms of tone.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of Biblical allusion in her poems. What is the poet's view of Christianity? How do we know this from the text?

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