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

2. "Home Burial" has the grave of a family's first child within view of what?
(a) The front door.
(b) A landing window.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The back porch.

3. What magazine did Louis Untermeyer co-found?
(a) The Seven Senses.
(b) The Seven Arts.
(c) The Seven Lines.
(d) The Seven Words.

4. According to "Paul's Wife," what was added to the item found in the log?
(a) Sand.
(b) Air.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Frost receive for his first professional poem?

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

3. "Snow" has what type of rhythm?

4. Which poem written by Gibson is quoted in the book?

5. Where was Frost born?

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