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

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

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

4. In "Blueberries," what does the Loren family do with the wild blueberries they pick?
(a) Eat them.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Can them.
(d) Cook them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Old Man's Winter Night," what does the moon leave on the snow that makes the man think that it is nicer than the sun?

2. "The Housekeeper" is a dialogue between an old woman and a neighbor who is looking for a man named __________.

3. In "Mowing," what is Frost using to cut grass?

4. "Paul's Wife" is Frost's addition to what mythical American story?

5. Where was the first farm that Frost bought?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "The Tuft of Flowers" brings what aspects of the workaday to life?

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

4. What does "Revelation" describe?

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

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

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

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. What is "Brown's Descent" about?

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