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

2. Which poetic form describes Frost's "Paul's Wife"?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Iambic pentameter.
(c) Meteroligic verse.
(d) Free verse.

3. What is described in the opening of "The Wood Pile" ?
(a) The trees.
(b) The woodshed.
(c) The wood pile.
(d) The woods.

4. The conclusion of "The Tuft of Flowers" is that men work together whether ________ or _________.
(a) They know it or not.
(b) They appreciate it or not.
(c) They are together or apart.
(d) They see it or believe it.

5. Frost returned to America after World War I to find that his books had been published by whom?
(a) Henry Haris.
(b) Henry Hallows.
(c) Henry Holt.
(d) Henry Hadkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mowing," what is Frost using to cut grass?

2. "Paul's Wife" is Frost's addition to what mythical American story?

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

4. How many stanzas are in "Brown's Descent"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does "House Fear" describe?

5. What do "Death of the Hired Man" and "The Housekeeper" have in common?

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

7. How did the men punish their enemies in "The Vindictives"?

8. What was the first sound Paul's wife made, according to "Paul's Wife"?

9. Describe the newspaper collector in "A Hundred Collars."

10. What statement does "The Investment" make?

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