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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Vanishing Red" is about whom?

2. Where was the first farm that Frost bought?

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

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

5. At the beginning of "Two Tramps in Mudtime," what is Frost doing outdoors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does "Revelation" describe?

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

10. What happened to Frost in 1913?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frost uses the seasons in his poems. Using specific examples, explain how Frost uses the seasons to express emotions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Frost do to bring the ordinary thoughts of people to life in his poems? Cite examples from the poems to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How are Frost's poems analogies for the strength of America? Give at least three specific examples and explain their meaning.

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