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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Frost's observation in "The Figure in the Doorway," where does the man have all that he needs?
(a) His large house.
(b) His cliff-side retreat.
(c) His van.
(d) His small cabin.

2. What job did Frost's father hold?
(a) Banker.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Lawyer.

3. What is described in the opening of "The Wood Pile" ?
(a) The trees.
(b) The wood pile.
(c) The woods.
(d) The woodshed.

4. In "Two Tramps in MudTime," Frost reflects on how he loves that water collects in what way before the summer dries it up?
(a) Lakes.
(b) Tree roots.
(c) Footprints.
(d) Rivers.

5. Where was the first farm that Frost bought?
(a) New York.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Telephone" about?

2. At the beginning of "Love and a Question," what does the man coming out of the night ask for?

3. What city did Frost grow up in?

4. In "The Wood Pile," what is winding around the wood pile?

5. Frost contrasts the bent birches in "Birches" to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do "Death of the Hired Man" and "The Housekeeper" have in common?

2. What is the concluding reflection in "Two Tramps in Mud Time"?

3. How did the men punish their enemies in "The Vindictives"?

4. What does the man in "The Star-Splitter" do to his house and why?

5. What was Frost's role in the universities where he taught?

6. What statement does "The Investment" make?

7. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

8. What is "Brown's Descent" about?

9. What was the first sound Paul's wife made, according to "Paul's Wife"?

10. What does Frost wonder as he swings the scythe in "Mowing"?

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