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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 type of bird won the blue ribbon In "A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury"?

2. How many stanzas are in "Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter"?

3. In "The Flower Boat." where do the unused fishing dories find themselves?

4. How many leaves are clinging to the branch in "Looking for a Sunset Bird"?

5. In "The West-Running Brook" what represents the idea of paying tribute to your beginnings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the couple feel at the end of "Two Look at Two"?

4. What does Frost remind himself of in "The Onset"?

5. What is the main focus of "A Brook in the City"?

6. In "A Minor Bird" what is the conclusion the man comes to?

7. What does the poem "Departmental" describe?

8. What happens to the town the character in "The Census-Taker" is responsible for?

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

10. What does the character confess in the final line of "Bereft"?

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

Using specific examples from the various poems, explain how Frost is, or is not, a synecdochist.

Essay Topic 3

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

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