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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Frost receive for his first professional poem?
(a) $15.
(b) $30.
(c) $20.
(d) $25.

2. What is "The Telephone" about?
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

3. In "Birches," Frost says that the ice on the trees looks like the dome of _________ has cracked.
(a) The sky.
(b) Stars.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) Heaven.

4. According to Untermeyer, what does the poem "North of Boston" do?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Talks.
(d) Sings.

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

6. Who owns the house where the man asks a question in "Love and a Question"?
(a) A couple with their first child.
(b) A newly widowed woman.
(c) A newly married couple.
(d) An older couple.

7. What job did Frost's mother hold?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Industry worker.
(c) Maid.
(d) School-teacher.

8. Where was Frost born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Utah.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

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

10. Where was the first farm that Frost bought?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) New York.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New Hampshire.

11. "Home Burial" has the grave of a family's first child within view of what?
(a) A landing window.
(b) The front door.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The back porch.

12. What was the name of Frost's first book of poetry?
(a) A Man's Wants.
(b) A Child's Desires.
(c) A Friend's Determination.
(d) A Boy's Will.

13. Who is moving into the house in "The Investment?"
(a) A group of college students.
(b) A small family.
(c) A young couple.
(d) An older couple.

14. What job did Frost's father hold?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Banker.

15. What is the poetic form of "Mowing"?
(a) Ode.
(b) Epic.
(c) Song.
(d) Sonnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "Two Tramps in Mudtime," what is Frost doing outdoors?

2. How many poems are in the group entitled "The Hill Wife?"

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

4. "The Witch of Coos" is written from the perspective of whom?

5. The conclusion of "The Tuft of Flowers" is that men work together whether ________ or _________.

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