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Sample Question:

1. From which poem is this line:

Burglar!  Banker! -- Father!
A. I lost a World -- the other day!
B. I never lost but much as twice
C. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
D. Papa above
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2. From which poem is this line:

Or help one fainting robin
A. If I can stop one Heart from breaking
B. The Rose did caper on her cheek –
C. A Secret told –
D. Spring comes on to the World –
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3. From which poem is this line: 

And Roof of Stone
A. Safe in their Alabaster Chambers –
B. Because I could not stop for Death –
C. A great Hope fell
D. The Sky is low – the Clouds are mean.
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4. From which poem are these lines:

Parting is all we know of heaven
And all we need of hell
A. The soul selects her own Society –
B. After great pain, a formal feeling comes –
C. I never saw a Moor –
D. My life closed twice before its close –
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5. From which poem are these lines:

How frugal is the Chariot
The bears the human soul!
A. There's a certain Slant of light
B. There is no Frigate like a Book
C. The Sun – just touched the Morning –
D. I taste a liquor never brewed –
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6. From which poem is this line:

As if the checks were given
A.The Grave my little cottage is
B. I never saw a Moor –
C. I dwell in Possibility –
D. If anybody's friend be dead
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7. From which poem is this line: 

My Tippet – only Tulle –
A.  Because I could not stop for Death –
B. If you were coming in the Fall
C. The Flower must not blame the Bee –
D. As Summer into Autumn slips
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8. From which poem is this line:

Between the Heaves of Storm
A. There's a certain Slant of light
B. After great pain, a formal feeling comes
C. I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –
D. The Heart has many Doors –
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9. From which poem is this line: 

Might I but moor – Tonight
A. Ample make this bed –
B. This is my letter to the World
C. Wild nights – Wild nights!
D. I lost a World – the other day!
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10. From which poem is this line:

Leaning against the – Sun –
A. I taste a liquor never brewed –
B. Apparently with no surprise
C. Of God we ask one favor
D. To own the Art within the Soul
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11. Which poem uses this word:

Purple
A.  Mine – by the Right of the White Election!
B.  Nature rarer uses Yellow
C.  I heard a Fly buzz – when I died
D.  Success is counted sweetest
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12. Which poem uses this word:

Frog
A. I'm Nobody!  Who are you?
B. "Nature" is what we see –
C. Summer – we all have seen –
D. Consulting summer's clock
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13. Which poem uses this word:

Quartz
A. Because I could not stop for Death
B. Volanoes be in Sicily
C. After great pain, a formal feeling comes –
D. You cannot put a Fire out –
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14. Which poem uses this word:

Diadem
A. The Sun – just touched the Morning –
B. The Leaves like Women interchange
C. Nature rarer uses Yellow
D. The Butterfly upon the Sky
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15. Which poem uses this word:

Blue

A. Ah, Teneriffe!
B. I never saw a Moor –
C. I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –
D. Frequently the woods are pink –
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16. Which poem uses this word:

Coursers
A. The Winters are so short –
B. In snow thou comest –
C. "Hope" is the thing with feathers –
D. There is no Frigate like a Book
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17. Which poem uses this word:

Heft
A. There's a certain Slant of light –
B. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
C. I died for Beauty – but was scarce
D. Of Yellow was the outer Sky
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18. Which poem uses this word:

Ducats
A. I lost a World – the other day!
B. I taste a liquor never brewed –
C. Safe in their Alabaster Chamberst –
D. The Moon was but a Chin of Gold
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19. Which poem uses this word:

Assassin
A. I had no time to Hate
B. Apparently with no surprise
C. If anybody's friend be dead
D. Of God we ask one favor
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20. Which poem uses this word:

Billow
A. I never saw a Moor
B. This is my letter to the World
C. It's such a little thing to weep –
D. If I can stop one Heart from breaking –
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21. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ – has an Element of Blank –
A.  Death
B.  Joy
C.  Night
D.  Pain
E.  Grief
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22. What's the first word to the following poem:

________! A little boat adrift!
A. Tonight
B. Adrift
C. Defeat
D. Aghast
E. Unbound
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23. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ madness is divinest Sense –
A. Indefinite
B. Wild
C. Empyrean
D. My
E. Much
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24. What's the first word to the following poem:

 "________"  – is what I cannot reach!
A. Heaven
B. Release
C. Retreat
D. Delight
E. Nature
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25. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ that we lose take a part of us

A. Those
B. Friends
C. Hearts
D. Each
E. Worlds
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26. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ is a bee
A. Love
B. Life
C. Fame
D. Summer
E. Power
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27. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ crowds me till I die
A. Beauty
B. Anguish
C. Nature
D. Midnight
E. Silence
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28. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ hours have perished here

A. Lonely
B. Sweet
C. Lost
D. Dark
E. Dreary
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29. What's the first word to the following poem:

________ make this bed
A. Eden
B. Springtime
C. Nature
D. Help me
E. Ample
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30. What's the first word to the following poem:
 
________  – be not caused – It Is
A. Beauty
B. Nature
C. Heaven
D. Torment
E. Sorrow
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Line Item:

1. B. I never lost but much as twice
2. A. If I can stop one Heart from breaking
3. A. Safe in their Alabaster Chambers –
4. D. My life closed twice before its close –
5. B. There is no Frigate like a Book
6. B. I never saw a Moor –
7. A.  Because I could not stop for Death –
8. C. I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –
9. C. Wild nights – Wild nights!
10. A. I taste a liquor never brewed –
Word Choice:

11. D.  Success is counted sweetest
12. A. I'm Nobody!  Who are you?
13. C. After great pain, a formal feeling comes –
14. A. The Sun – just touched the Morning –
15. C. I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –
16. D. There is no Frigate like a Book
17. A. There's a certain Slant of light –
18. A. I lost a World – the other day!
19. B. Apparently with no surprise
20. A. I never saw a Moor
Opening Credits:

21. D.  Pain
22. B. Adrift
23. E. Much
24. A. Heaven
25. D. Each
26. C. Fame
27. A. Beauty
28. B. Sweet
29. E. Ample
30. A. Beauty
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