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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. Frost says that the horse in "The Runaway" is shaking its coat like it is shaking off _________________.

2. What do the birds in "Our Singing Strength" have to follow?

3. Who is the bear contemplating at the end of "The Bear"?

4. Where are all the other animals in "The Runaway"?

5. In "The Bear," Frost says that men are in constant conflict between their mind and _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Frost observe about fireflies in "Fireflies in the Garden"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Lesson for Today," Frost says that he "had a lover's quarrel with the world." How do his other poems support, or not support, this statement? Use examples to support your answer.

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

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

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