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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. In "The Gum-Gatherer," Frost describes the gum as brown crystals that reveal _______ insides.
(a) Red.
(b) Clear.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Pink.

2. In "Mowing," what is Frost using to cut grass?
(a) Mower.
(b) Scythe.
(c) Bladed mower.
(d) Weed whacker.

3. In "Birches," Frost says that the ice on the trees looks like the dome of _________ has cracked.
(a) Heaven.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) The sky.
(d) Stars.

4. Who owns the house where the man asks a question in "Love and a Question"?
(a) A newly married couple.
(b) A newly widowed woman.
(c) An older couple.
(d) A couple with their first child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lone Striker" why was Frost locked out of the mill?

2. What is described in the opening of "The Wood Pile" ?

3. What magazine did Louis Untermeyer co-found?

4. How many Pulitzer Prizes did Frost win?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Frost in 1913?

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

4. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

5. What does "House Fear" describe?

6. What statement does "The Investment" make?

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

8. Why does Untermeyer believe that "Love and a Question" places Frost in the company of the world's classic poets?

9. How did Frost get his name?

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

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