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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. Which poetic form describes Frost's "Paul's Wife"?
(a) Meteroligic verse.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Free verse.

2. What is the name for a person who uses a part to suggest the whole?
(a) Synecdochist.
(b) Methalogist.
(c) Symparticolist.
(d) Partologist.

3. Frost returned to America after World War I to find that his books had been published by whom?
(a) Henry Hadkins.
(b) Henry Hallows.
(c) Henry Holt.
(d) Henry Haris.

4. How much money did Frost receive for his first professional poem?
(a) $15.
(b) $25.
(c) $30.
(d) $20.

5. "Paul's Wife" is Frost's addition to what mythical American story?
(a) Paul Bunyan.
(b) Blue Bess.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Davy Crockett.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Paul's Wife," what was added to the item found in the log?

2. In what year was Frost born?

3. According to "Blueberries," what bird's name is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable?

4. What job does the man in "The Tuft of Flowers" hold?

5. What perspective is "Ghost House" written in?

(see the answer key)

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