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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. How many stanzas are in "Canis Major"?

2. "A Serious Step Lightly Taken" is a poem written in six four-line ___________.

3. During what season does the bird sing in "The Oven Bird"?

4. In "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" what is breath's partner?

5. According to Frost In "Spring Pools," what will happen to the puddles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poem "Departmental" describe?

2. What idea about friendship does Frost share in "A Time to Talk"?

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

4. Why does the character in "Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter" circle the tree?

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

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

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

8. What will the pools in "Spring Pools" give life to?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the poems to support your answer, explain what role Frost gives to husbands and wives and why he uses them in his poetry.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What role does morality have in Frost's poetry? Use examples from the poems to strengthen your answer.

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