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- 1. Multiple ChoiceDeath's carriage in "Because I could not stop Death" holds all of the following except - -the speakerDeaththe readerimmortality
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe three things the carriage passes are noteworthy because they--represent modern industrializationembody the society that Dickinson avoidedwere the places that she once knew in lifeshow that Dickinson regretted her seclusion
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn the fifth stanza of "Because I could not stop for Death," the horses pause at the House because--it is the only familiar placethey are too frightened to proceedthey are in need of food and waterit is the speaker's grave
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe way death is portrayed in "Because I could not stop for Death" is ironic because Death is seen as --scareycomfortingavoidableunattractive
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDickinson used all of the following techniques in her poetry EXCEPTsimilemetaphorfree versepersonification
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow does Dickinson use personification in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?The carriage ride takes her to her graveDeath is seen as a polite gentlemanThe children playing represent youthThe horses represent helpers to get her through life after death.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn the poem. what two unique and unconventional techniques did Emily Dickinson use to emphasize her thoughtsstanzas and rhyme schemecapitalization and punctuationthemes and idiomsfree verse and repetition
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