Test Your Knowledge


1	Emily Dickinson:
		A)	Traveled widely in her life
		B)	Was born in Mexico
		C)	Briefly attended Mount Holyoke College
		D)	Wrote essays, plays, and famous novels
		E)	Was married to a famous writer


2	The stanzas of "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-" are written in:
		A)	Quatrains
		B)	Couplets
		C)	Tercets
		D)	Sestets
		E)	Octets


3	In the last stanza of "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died," the word "Windows" is most likely a metaphor for:
		A)	Heaven
		B)	A fly
		C)	A cemetery
		D)	Glass
		E)	Eyes


4	What punctuation mark is used frequently in "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died"?
		A)	Exclamation points
		B)	Question marks
		C)	Ampersands
		D)	Dashes
		E)	Colons


5	Which of the following things are compared using a simile in "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died"?
		A)	Atmosphere in the room to the atmosphere before a storm
		B)	Atmosphere in the room to the atmosphere in heaven
		C)	Windows to flies
		D)	Keepsakes to flies
		E)	All of the above.

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