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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Hired Man and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the man in "Home Burial," what should be absent in a conversation between two people who really love each other?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Misunderstandings.
(c) Limits.
(d) Falsehoods.

2. Frost contrasts the bent birches in "Birches" to what?
(a) The straight trees.
(b) The flowing wind.
(c) The bent willow trees.
(d) The straight grass.

3. How many couplets are in "The Tuft of Flowers"?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 24.
(d) 23.

4. "Snow" has what type of rhythm?
(a) Free.
(b) Dialectic.
(c) Iambic.
(d) Conversational.

5. "The Vindictives" is about which ancient location?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Ancient Mexico.
(c) Ancient Peru.
(d) Ancient Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Gum-Gatherer," Frost describes the gum as brown crystals that reveal _______ insides.

2. What is "The Telephone" about?

3. "Brown's Descent" has a second name. What is it?

4. Who owns the house where the man asks a question in "Love and a Question"?

5. In "To The Thawing Wind" what does Frost ask the wind to bring into his study?

(see the answer key)

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