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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. Who is the narrator of "Mending Wall?"
(a) The boy.
(b) The girl.
(c) The older speaker.
(d) The younger speaker.

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

3. Frost returned to America after World War I to find that his books had been published by whom?
(a) Henry Hadkins.
(b) Henry Haris.
(c) Henry Hallows.
(d) Henry Holt.

4. How many Pulitzer Prizes did Frost win?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. The neighbor in "Mending Wall" says repeatedly that "good fences make __________."
(a) Good animals.
(b) Good property.
(c) Good neighbors.
(d) Good distances.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Birches," Frost says that the ice on the trees looks like the dome of _________ has cracked.

2. "Home Burial" has the grave of a family's first child within view of what?

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

4. What award did Frost win from the National Institute of Arts and Letters?

5. What job did Frost's father hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

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

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

4. How did Frost get his name?

5. In "Snow," why does the husband suggest they forgive the pastor?

6. What happened to Frost in 1913?

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

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

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

10. According to "The Code," what does Frost understand?

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