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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. What color was the object beyond Frost's reflection in the well in "For Once, Then, Something"?

2. What does the man do in "A Minor Bird" to try and silence the bird?

3. What do the singing birds want to come out of the ground in "Our Singing Strength"?

4. In "Spring Pools" what do the puddles sit under?

5. How many sets of five lines are contained in "Bereft"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is asked of the fireman in "Evening in a Sugar Orchard"?

2. What miracle foes "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" contemplate?

3. What is the observation Frost closes with in "The Bear"?

4. How does Frost describe the constellation in "Canis Major"?

5. What line does Frost use to close the poem "Hyla Brook"?

6. What is unusual about the bird in "The Oven Bird"?

7. What does the poem "Departmental" describe?

8. What do the man and wife want to do with the brook in "The West-Running Brook"?

9. What wish does "The Runaway" end with?

10. What is the perspective "Canis Major" is written from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "The Golden Room" and what does it show about Frost?

Essay Topic 2

Using specific examples from the poems, explain how Frost shows his love of and sympathy for animals.

Essay Topic 3

"Birches" is one of Frost's most famous poems. What about "Birches" makes it different from, or similar to, other poems? Why would this poem be one of Frost's most famous poems?

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