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

2. In "The Lone Striker" why was Frost locked out of the mill?
(a) He was fired.
(b) He was in a fight.
(c) He was out of uniform.
(d) He was tardy.

3. What city did Frost grow up in?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Monterey.

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

5. "The Vindictives" is about which ancient location?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Ancient Mexico.
(c) Ancient Peru.
(d) Ancient Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Frost when he was first published?

2. What is the king of rides in "The Figure in the Doorway"?

3. What are the two men in "A Hundred Collars" going to share?

4. The neighbor in "Mending Wall" says repeatedly that "good fences make __________."

5. According to the older man, what is at the top of the mountain in "The Mountain"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Revelation" describe?

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

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

5. What is an anthologist?

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

7. What is the observation that begins "Birches"?

8. How did Frost get his name?

9. What praise did Amy Lowell give to the poem"The Wood Pile"?

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

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