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

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

3. What is the name for a person who uses a part to suggest the whole?
(a) Methalogist.
(b) Partologist.
(c) Symparticolist.
(d) Synecdochist.

4. Where was the first farm that Frost bought?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

5. In "A Hundred Collars," who converses with the professor?
(a) Newspaper editor.
(b) Newspaper seller.
(c) Newspaper writer.
(d) Newspaper collector.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long is the road from the bottom of the mountain to the farm in "Brown's Descent"?

3. According to "Blueberries," what bird's name is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable?

4. According to Frost's observation in "The Figure in the Doorway," where does the man have all that he needs?

5. In "The Gum-Gatherer" where does the narrator meet a man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What statement does "The Investment" make?

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

4. What does "House Fear" describe?

5. What is an anthologist?

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

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

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

9. What happened to Frost in 1913?

10. How did Frost get his name?

(see the answer keys)

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