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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Country Things and Other Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what type of map does the family find a place In "A Serious Step Lightly Taken"?
(a) Digital.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Vague.
(d) Topographical.

2. Where does the poem "Directive" take place?
(a) A ruin of a library.
(b) A ruin of a house.
(c) A ruin of a farm.
(d) A ruin of a wood.

3. How many stanzas are there in "Design"?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

4. Untermeyer says that Frost is universally appealing as a poet because he puts ______________________into words.
(a) Emotions everyone has felt.
(b) The truth with a lot of emotion.
(c) Emotions no one likes.
(d) The truth without emotion.

5. At the beginning of "Love and a Question," what does the man coming out of the night ask for?
(a) Money.
(b) A ride.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "In a Disused Graveyard," why does Frost believe that the stones would believe him if he said men have stopped dying?

2. What word does Untermeyer use to describe how Frost made decisions?

3. How many stanzas are in "Canis Major"?

4. What perspective is "Ghost House" written in?

5. How old did Frost turn on John F. Kennedy's inauguration day?

(see the answer key)

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