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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 much money did Frost receive for his first professional poem?

2. What job does the man in "The Tuft of Flowers" hold?

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

4. "The Vanishing Red" is about whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does "House Fear" describe?

4. What happened to Frost in 1913?

5. What is an anthologist?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frost uses the seasons in his poems. Using specific examples, explain how Frost uses the seasons to express emotions.

Essay Topic 2

How are Frost's poems analogies for the strength of America? Give at least three specific examples and explain their meaning.

Essay Topic 3

What role does morality have in Frost's poetry? Use examples from the poems to strengthen your answer.

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