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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tree does a man cut down for his family's Christmas in "To A Young Wretch"?
(a) Evergreen.
(b) Spruce.
(c) Pine.
(d) Long-boughed.

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

3. How many Pulitzer Prizes did Frost win?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. What magazine did Louis Untermeyer co-found?
(a) The Seven Words.
(b) The Seven Lines.
(c) The Seven Arts.
(d) The Seven Senses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Frost's mother hold?

2. What are the two men in "A Hundred Collars" going to share?

3. In "Blueberries," what does the Loren family do with the wild blueberries they pick?

4. According to Frost's observation in "The Figure in the Doorway," where does the man have all that he needs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the concluding reflection in "Two Tramps in Mud Time"?

2. What does "House Fear" describe?

3. In "Snow," why does the husband suggest they forgive the pastor?

4. What is "Brown's Descent" about?

5. According to "The Code," what does Frost understand?

6. What is an anthologist?

7. "The Tuft of Flowers" brings what aspects of the workaday to life?

8. What statement does "The Investment" make?

9. What is one example of Frost's poems that was a fable and had a moral?

10. What does the man in "The Star-Splitter" do to his house and why?

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