This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Robert Frost > Robert Frost – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Robert Frost Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. PART A:Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text? A) Love is fickle and inconsistent. B) The most beautiful aspects of life are often fleeting. C) Perfection and paradise are unattainable. D) Nature is a circle of life, death, and rebirth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most beautiful aspects of life are often fleeting. 2. When did Robert Frost know he wanted to be a poet? A) When he was a boy in Elementary School. B) When he was in High School. C) After he was married. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When he was in High School. 3. Where did Robert Frost's family move to after leaving New Hampshire? A) Canada. B) Vancouver. C) England. D) New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 4. In line 5, the word undergrowth means?"To where it bent in the undergrowth;" A) Small trees and plants growing beneath larger trees. B) Demand or right. C) Promising; favorable. D) Branched off; moved in a different direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small trees and plants growing beneath larger trees. 5. What is the Native American legend of the whippoorwill? A) The whippoorwill's song is a death omen. B) The whippoorwill can sense a soul departing and capture it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The whippoorwill's song is a death omen. 6. "And on a day we meet to walk the line"The speaker and his neighbor meet to- A) Play a game outside. B) Reconstruct the stone fence. C) Zipline in the forest. D) Hunt rabbits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reconstruct the stone fence. 7. In the poem, what does the Road represent? A) The workplace. B) Life. C) A relaxing walk. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 8. What example of figurative language can be found in the following quote from the poem? "Nature's first green is gold, /Her hardest hue to hold." A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. In 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', who thinks it is strange to stop in the woods? A) The poet's neighbour. B) The poet. C) The village blacksmith. D) The poet's horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The poet's horse. 10. Why did Robert Frost start writing poetry? A) He was forced upon it by his mother. B) He had a passion for poetry. C) He was good at it. D) He was good at it, But he also needed to cope with tragedies that he had witnessed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was good at it, But he also needed to cope with tragedies that he had witnessed. 11. 'Out, out ..... ' is an allusion to which Shakespearean work? A) Hamlet. B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. C) Macbeth. D) The Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 12. What awards has he won? A) Pulitzer Prize for poetry and United States poet laureate. B) Pulitzer Prize. C) Worlds best poet in the year 1921. D) Fifa mens player of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulitzer Prize for poetry and United States poet laureate. 13. What does the speaker see at the fork in the road? A) Two houses. B) Two mountains. C) Two rivers. D) Two paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two paths. 14. Which repetition expresses that the poet will be telling about his journey after a very very long time? A) Somewhere ages and ages hence. B) And I-I took the one less travelled by. C) How way leads on to way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somewhere ages and ages hence. 15. Where did Robert Frost get the inspiration for his poem? A) He read it in a novel. B) He heard a story about a boy in the neighbourhood who suffered a tragic injury while working. C) His father died in similar circumstances. D) He had a buzzsaw in his shed and imagined a story of what could happen with it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He heard a story about a boy in the neighbourhood who suffered a tragic injury while working. 16. "The buzz saw ..... " A) "snarled and rattled". B) "spat and buzzed". C) "rattled and sizzled". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "snarled and rattled". 17. In line 7, the word claim means?"And having perhaps the better claim, " A) Ranched off; moved in a different direction. B) Demand or right. C) From this time. D) Walked on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demand or right. 18. The deeper meaning of the poem is related to A) Observing nature. B) Traveling in forest. C) Making choices in life. D) Comparing two roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making choices in life. 19. How were the paths different? A) One was less traveled by. B) One had leaves. C) One was shorter. D) One was fairer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One was less traveled by. 20. What is the meaning of the last two lines of the poem- "I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference." A) The speaker regrets his choice. B) The choice has changed his life for the worse. C) The choice has made him what he is-a famous poet. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The choice has made him what he is-a famous poet. 21. How many roads are mentioned in the poem'The Road Not Taken ' A) Three. B) Four. C) Five. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 22. "And I want to tell the world how good it is to be right here / But I don't, I just sit under this tree / Just me and Eloise" A) Robert Frost. B) Taylor Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taylor Swift. 23. Who is the poet of the poem 'The Road Not Taken' A) William Bacon. B) William Wordsworth. C) Robert Dahl. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Frost. 24. What is the 'Something' that 'doesn't love a wall'? A) Gremlins. B) Nature. C) Weather. D) We don't really find out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We don't really find out. 25. The poet depicts ..... A) Problems we face in life. B) Choices we make in life. C) Conflicts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choices we make in life. 26. Which of these topics have we NOT practiced or written in an exam? A) Comment on the ways in which Frost presents isolation . B) Comment on the ways in which Frost presents humans' interactions with animals . C) Comment on the ways in which Frost presents labour . D) Comment on the ways in which Frost explores human relationships . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comment on the ways in which Frost presents humans' interactions with animals . 27. Out-The setting of the poem is A) London, England. B) Ottawa, Canada. C) Vermont, New England. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vermont, New England. 28. What poetic device is used in the line 'I took the one less traveled by'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 29. When was his bday? A) 26. B) 29. C) 31. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26. 30. Which of the following statements is not a possible interpretation of Frost's main idea in "Fire and Ice" ? A) Hate and desire are equally destructive emotions. B) Human beings will cause the end of the world. C) Human emotions are as destructive as natural forces. D) Human beings should eliminate emotions from their lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human beings should eliminate emotions from their lives. 31. Which poem is not written by Robert Frost? A) Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening. B) Mending Wall. C) Nightingale. D) Road Not Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nightingale. 32. Where did Robert Frost come from? A) England. B) Vancouver. C) New York City. D) New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Hampshire. 33. What does the title "The Road Not Taken" represent? A) A long journey. B) Regret. C) New things. D) Good choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regret. 34. What is the "difference" between the two roads in "The Road Not Taken" ? (a) A) A one road is slightly less traveled. B) One road has a better view. C) One road is a bit wider. D) One road is slightly less shady. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A one road is slightly less traveled. 35. What season was it? A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Fall. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fall. 36. What personal tragedy for Frost occurred in 1938? A) FROST'S SON DIED OF HEART FAILURE. B) FROST'S WIFE DIED OF HEART FAILURE. C) FROST'S DAUGHTER DIED OF HEART FAILURE. D) FROST DIED OF HEART FAILURE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FROST'S WIFE DIED OF HEART FAILURE. 37. What is the only other sound besides the horse's bells? A) Wind blowing. B) Water flowing. C) Leaves rustling. D) Birds chirping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind blowing. 38. What is the difference between the speaker and his neighbor? A) Speaker wants the wall, neighbor does not. B) Speaker is not sure, neighbor destroys the wall. C) Speaker does not want a wall, neighbor says we need the wall. D) Speaker hates the neighbor, neighbor loves the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker does not want a wall, neighbor says we need the wall. 39. Why does ice float in iced tea? A) It's less dense than the tea. B) It's more dense than the tea. C) It's the same density as the tea?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's less dense than the tea. 40. Originally unable to publish in the United States, for a time Frost moved here: A) England. B) Texas. C) Italy. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 41. In line 17, what does the word hence mean?[Somewhere ages and ages hence.] A) From this time. B) Branched off; moved in a different direction. C) Walked on. D) Small trees and plants growing beneath larger trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From this time. 42. How many collages did he go to? A) 10. B) 2. C) 7. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 43. Has given my heart A change of Mood And Saved some part Of a day I had rued. What can you conclude about the speaker's mood? A) The speaker's mood has changed from angry to scared. B) The speaker's mood has gotten better. C) The speakers' mood has gotten worse. D) The speaker's mood has stayed the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker's mood has gotten better. 44. Analyze the poetic device used in the line 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 45. What has made all the difference in the poet's life? A) By not being weak. B) By not choosing any road. C) Choosing a less travelled road. D) Choosing a travelled road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choosing a less travelled road. 46. In the poem 'The Oven Bird', what literary device is used in the line 'The question that he frames in all but words'? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 47. What important document does this poem refer to? A) Declaration of independence. B) The bill of rights. C) The constitution. D) Articles of confederation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declaration of independence. 48. Out-The Style of the poem is A) Free verse. B) Acrostic. C) Blank verse. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 49. True or false:imagery is evident throughout the poem? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. How does the last line develop the theme of the poem? A) It draws a conclusion about the strength of emotions. B) It establishes that different sides can work together. C) It emphasizes concerns about the environment. D) It suggests that opposite beliefs will destroy each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It draws a conclusion about the strength of emotions. 51. Tell me the meaning"Then leaf subsides to leaf" A) Seasons changing. B) Running away. C) Getting taller. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seasons changing. 52. How many travelers were there in the poem? A) Two. B) One. C) Four. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 53. What emotion does ice symbolize in the poem? A) Compassion and empathy. B) Hope and optimism. C) Roughness and hate. D) Excitement and enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roughness and hate. 54. In Nothing Gold Can Stay, how many beats are in line 1? A) 6. B) 7. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 55. The main conflict in the poem is ..... A) That the weather is preventing the narrator to get home. B) That the narrator wants to buy the forest, but doesn't know who owns it. C) That the narrator has run out of money. D) That the narrator can't stop any longer because he has responsibilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That the narrator can't stop any longer because he has responsibilities. 56. What is one important effect of the rhyme scheme of the poem? A) It helps the reader visualize the problem the speaker experiences. B) It creates a rhyme that emphasizes the quick actions in the poem. C) It helps explain the sound of the leaves crunching under foot. D) It focuses the reader on the most important words in the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It creates a rhyme that emphasizes the quick actions in the poem. 57. What month did he die? A) April. B) March. C) December. D) January. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) January. 58. What does the speaker mean by the line "I took the one less traveled by" ? A) The speaker followed a popular route. B) The speaker chose a path that was rarely used. C) The speaker took a shortcut. D) The speaker regretted his choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker chose a path that was rarely used. 59. When and where was Robert Frost born? A) In England in 1874. B) In San Francisco in 1874. C) In the U.K. in 1874. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In San Francisco in 1874. 60. The poem's theme is about A) Problems we face in life. B) That life is full of regrets. C) Choices we make in life. D) Conflicts in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choices we make in life. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRobert Frost Quiz 1Robert Frost Quiz 2Robert Frost Quiz 3Robert Frost Quiz 5Robert Frost Quiz 6Robert Frost Quiz 7Robert Frost Quiz 8Robert Frost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books