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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. According to the man in "Home Burial," what should be absent in a conversation between two people who really love each other?

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

3. In "The Lone Striker" why was Frost locked out of the mill?

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

5. Where was Frost first published?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frost get his name?

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

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

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

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

6. What does "Revelation" describe?

7. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Untermeyer show the evolution of Frost's poetry in the book? Cite specific examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

A lot of Frost's poems are symbolic. What role does the weather play in Frost's poems? Use at least four specific examples in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does Frost use comparisons? Give at least one example from a poem of the following and explain its effectiveness and meaning: simile, metaphor, and analogy.

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