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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Introduction, and Chapter 2, The Code and Other Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Frost when his first professional poem was published?
(a) 22.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

2. What award did Frost win from the National Institute of Arts and Letters?
(a) The Lifetime Achievement Award.
(b) The Gold Medal.
(c) The Platinum Book.
(d) The Literary Master Award.

3. What was one of Frost's occupations?
(a) Cow hearder.
(b) News writer.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Editor.

4. What job did Frost's mother hold?
(a) Industry worker.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Maid.
(d) School-teacher.

5. How old was Frost when he was first published?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for a person who uses a part to suggest the whole?

2. Which poetic form describes Frost's "Paul's Wife"?

3. In "Blueberries," what does the Loren family do with the wild blueberries they pick?

4. According to Untermeyer, what does the poem "North of Boston" do?

5. In what year was Frost born?

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