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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the professor in "A Hundred Collars" described?

2. "Blueberries" deals with the life and economy of whom?

3. How old was Frost when his first professional poem was published?

4. In "An Old Man's Winter Night," what does the moon leave on the snow that makes the man think that it is nicer than the sun?

5. Frost contrasts the bent birches in "Birches" to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Frost in 1913?

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

3. What did Frost do when he knew that he could live by poetry alone?

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

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

6. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

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

8. Why does Untermeyer believe that "Love and a Question" places Frost in the company of the world's classic poets?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using specific examples from the various poems, explain how Frost is, or is not, a synecdochist.

Essay Topic 2

What is a fable? How does Frost use fables in his poetry? Use examples from the poems to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does Frost's use of conversations in his poetry help, or not, the communication of the message of the poem? Cite specific examples to strengthen your answer.

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