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

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

3. What is "The Telephone" about?
(a) Love.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

4. What is the king of rides in "The Figure in the Doorway"?
(a) Train ride.
(b) Horse ride.
(c) Car ride.
(d) Airplane ride.

5. "The Housekeeper" is a dialogue between an old woman and a neighbor who is looking for a man named __________.
(a) John.
(b) Jesse.
(c) James.
(d) Jim.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is the professor in "A Hundred Collars" described?

4. In what pattern are the rhymed stanzas in "The Investment"?

5. How many stanzas are in "Brown's Descent"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one example of Frost's poems that was a fable and had a moral?

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

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

4. Describe the newspaper collector in "A Hundred Collars."

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

6. What does "House Fear" describe?

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

8. What did Frost do when he knew that he could live by poetry alone?

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

10. What statement does "The Investment" make?

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