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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 many Pulitzer Prizes did Frost win?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. According to "Blueberries," what bird's name is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable?
(a) Sackow.
(b) Dentish.
(c) Chewink.
(d) Traller.

3. "Snow" has what type of rhythm?
(a) Dialectic.
(b) Free.
(c) Conversational.
(d) Iambic.

4. Where was Frost first published?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) France.

5. What city did Frost grow up in?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Monterey.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many couplets are in "The Tuft of Flowers"?

3. Frost returned to America after World War I to find that his books had been published by whom?

4. According to the man in "Home Burial," what should be absent in a conversation between two people who really love each other?

5. "Home Burial" has the grave of a family's first child within view of what?

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