This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Robert Frost > Robert Frost – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Robert Frost Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What inference can you make about the speaker's current state of mind from the references to the evening as "Plutonian" ? A) He worries that the raven is sick. B) He is confused by the raven's answers. C) He fears that Lenore is held captive. D) He is preoccupied with death and ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is preoccupied with death and ghosts. 2. Initially, Frost supported his family by ..... A) Writing poetry. B) Lecturing in universities. C) Farming and Teaching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farming and Teaching. 3. She was seen as ..... because she did not conform to social standards for women at the time. A) Eccentric. B) Frivolity. C) Prolific. D) Calvinist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eccentric. 4. Which of the following quotations is the narrator's own point of view? A) I wish they might have said. B) Nothing happened:day was all but done. C) Leaped out at the boy's hand. D) Under the sunset far into Vermont. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wish they might have said. 5. In The Road Not Taken, what is the most likely reason that the poet chose the word "back" to end the 3rd stanza? A) To keep the same Rhyme Scheme. B) To add to the rhythm. C) To remind the reader that the speaker is a real person. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep the same Rhyme Scheme. 6. The formula below represents a sodium atom bonding to a chlorine atom to form sodium chloride. Na + Cl $\rightarrow$ NaClWhich statement is supported by this formula? A) Sodium chloride is a mixture. B) Sodium chloride is an element. C) Sodium chloride is composed of only one atom. D) Sodium chloride is a compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium chloride is a compound. 7. What advice does the poet give regarding emotions in the poem? A) To understand and control your emotions. B) To suppress all emotions. C) To let emotions consume you completely. D) To express emotions without considering others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To understand and control your emotions. 8. Interpret the symbolism of the two roads in The Road Not Taken. A) The two roads symbolize the struggle for survival in the wilderness. B) The two roads symbolize the author's love for nature. C) The two roads symbolize the choices and decisions we make in life. D) The two roads symbolize the concept of time and aging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The two roads symbolize the choices and decisions we make in life. 9. What literary device is used in the following line: "So Eden sank to grief" A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. What exam paper is this text relevant to? A) English Language Paper 2. B) English Language Paper 1. C) English Literature Paper 2. D) English Literature Paper 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English Language Paper 2. 11. What does the phrase "And sorry I could not travel both" reveal about the speaker's feelings? A) The speaker regrets not being able to explore both paths. B) The speaker is relieved to have only one path to choose. C) The speaker is indifferent about the paths. D) The speaker is confused about which path to take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker regrets not being able to explore both paths. 12. "But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight" A) Taylor Swift. B) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taylor Swift. 13. When one thing is used to represent something else, it is called A) Symbol. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 14. What literary device is used in the poem 'Fire and Ice' when Frost writes 'Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 15. What do lines 5 and 6 of "Once by the Pacific" help you infer about whatis happening in the poem? A) The ocean will turn as dark as hairy clouds and then disappear forever. B) When clouds cover the ocean, people should grow their hair for warmth. C) Hairy clouds may be cut and trimmed like the shapes of people's haircuts. D) Anew age may bring darkness and change to life on earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anew age may bring darkness and change to life on earth. 16. "But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep" A) Robert Frost. B) Taylor Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Frost. 17. Frost uses the word "leaf" in line 3 and again in line 5, what literary device is being utilized here? A) Assonance. B) Personification. C) Analogy. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 18. Which word best describes the speaker's first response to the cottages? A) Charmed. B) Annoyed. C) Amused. D) Envious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charmed. 19. What did the poet see in the yellow wood? A) Paths diverging in different directions. B) Trees in the forest. C) Green grass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paths diverging in different directions. 20. During which century did Robert Frost publish most of his works? A) (19th) 1800's. B) (18th) 1700's. C) (21st) 2000's. D) (20th) 1900's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (20th) 1900's. 21. Which form of poetry would best fit "The Runaway" ? A) Ode. B) Free verse. C) Ballad. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 22. Eden is a reference to A) The sun. B) Paradise. C) A bad place. D) The author's home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradise. 23. The speaker in "mending wall" A) Grows apples. B) Hunts rabbits. C) Believes in Elves. D) Raises cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grows apples. 24. According to the narrator, the two roads looked? A) About the same. B) Very different. C) Muddy and unpleasant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About the same. 25. In line 9, what is meant by the phrase, "I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight." A) The speaker's sleepy state is bringing back visions from earlier in the day. B) The speaker's eyes were irritated when he looked out the window. C) The speaker's eyes were irritated after being outside in the snow. D) The speaker did not like seeing the apples, buckets, and barrels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker's sleepy state is bringing back visions from earlier in the day. 26. The following passage (lines 3-6) mainly suggests that the speaker fill in the blank ..... From what I've tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate A) Does not know much about desire or hate. B) Knows from experience how desire and hate can be destructive. C) Prefers to live in a warmer place, rather than a cold one. D) Believes that it's better to feel desire than to feel hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knows from experience how desire and hate can be destructive. 27. Which phrase from the poem suggests that the speaker is unsure if he will ever return to the other path? A) Sorry I could not travel both. B) I doubted if I should ever come back. C) And both that morning equally lay. D) Yet knowing how way leads on to way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I doubted if I should ever come back. 28. What is the dominant feeling in the first half of the poem? A) Anger. B) Loneliness. C) Boredom. D) Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loneliness. 29. H2O is hydrogen chemically combined with oxygen. This means that water is an example of A) An element. B) A mixture. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 30. How many children does he have? A) 7. B) 6. C) 3. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 31. The Road in the poem stands for A) A long tedious journey. B) Choices in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choices in life. 32. Where is the setting for this poem? A) On a road in the woods. B) In a city park. C) On a highway to Utah. D) On an old time country road in the great plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a road in the woods. 33. What ideas does the title allude to? A) That candles blow out too easily and electricity is better. B) That life is fragile and potentially pointless. C) That we need to get out of our boring lives. D) That there is a dark stain we need to get out of our clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That life is fragile and potentially pointless. 34. What does the traveler regret at the end of the poem? A) Not taking both roads. B) Not taking the first road. C) Not taking the second road. D) Not traveling at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not taking the first road. 35. Which words rhyme in each stanza of the poem? A) The last words in the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th lines. B) The last words in every line. C) The last words in the 2nd & 5th lines. D) The last words in the 1st & 5th lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The last words in the 2nd & 5th lines. 36. Robert Frost was married and lived with who? A) His wife Elinor. B) HIs wife Kamala Harris. C) HIs wife Beyonce. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His wife Elinor. 37. Which word best describes the speaker in the poem? A) Atheltic. B) Observe. C) Secretive. D) Lonely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observe. 38. What is the title of the poem? A) Birches. B) The Raven. C) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. D) The Waste Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birches. 39. In the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', identify the literary device used in the line 'The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake.' A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 40. What is the mood or tone of the poem? A) Regretful and melancholic. B) Joyful and carefree. C) Determined and confident. D) Indifferent and apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regretful and melancholic. 41. Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?" A) Because the second road was close to a stream that ran through the woods. B) Because the second road got a lot of sunlight. C) Because few people had taken the second road. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because few people had taken the second road. 42. How would you describe the TONE of the poem? A) Tragic, grieving, desperate. B) Critical, angry, disappointed. C) Blunt, simple, matter-of-fact. D) Joyful, charming, thrilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blunt, simple, matter-of-fact. 43. The word "diverged" means went in different directions." What is a line in the poem that provides a clue to the meaning of "diverged" ? A) To where it bent in the undergrowth;. B) Because it was grassy and wanted wear;. C) Had worn them really about the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To where it bent in the undergrowth;. 44. When we compare two things without using the words 'as' and 'like', it is called A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 45. Which of the following word means 'to split into more than one parts'? A) Destroyed. B) Diverged. C) Diverted. D) Distracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diverged. 46. When is the poem set? A) Night. B) Sunset. C) Sunrise. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunset. 47. Who died July 28, 1990 A) Son. B) Robert frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Son. 48. Despite living in several different places, Frost and his poetry are associated with this area of the country: A) The Southwest. B) The Gulf Coast. C) The Midwest. D) New England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New England. 49. In line 1, what does the word diverged mean?"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, " A) Promising; favorable. B) Branched off; moved in a different direction. C) Demand or right. D) From this time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Branched off; moved in a different direction. 50. Which phrase best describes the scene in lines 5 through 8? A) Cheerful activity. B) Expensive homes. C) Family dinners. D) Quite movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheerful activity. 51. What does 'rueful laugh' show about the boy's first reaction? A) He is confused and shocked and doesn't know how to react. B) He is terrified. C) He thinks it is funny. D) He realises he is going to die. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is confused and shocked and doesn't know how to react. 52. Green is not gold. In the first line, Frost is comparing the green of spring with something precious like gold. What literary device is being used here? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 53. What is meant by lines 21 and 22? A) The speaker's feet are balanced on the rungs of the ladder. B) In his dream, the speaker still feels the rungs of the ladder. C) The speaker is holding onto the ladder with both of his hands. D) On the ladder, the speaker is trying to climb on the shaky rungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In his dream, the speaker still feels the rungs of the ladder. 54. Robert Frost believed that ..... was important in poetry. A) Creativity. B) Vocabulary. C) Form. D) Length. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 55. The mood of the poem can be described as A) Sincere. B) Cautious. C) Lively. D) Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sincere. 56. How much did he sell his poem for? A) 21$. B) 30. C) 20. D) 20$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20$. 57. What sound device is employed in the line 'And be one traveler, long I stood'? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 58. According to the speaker, what "has made all the difference" (line 20)? A) He or she took the first of the two roads. B) He or she took the road less traveled by. C) He or she took the road that bent in the undergrowth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He or she took the road less traveled by. 59. The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called ..... A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 60. .... Reread lines 1-11. At this point in the poem, what is the conflict?a. the speaker is struggling to tear down his stone wall.b. unknown forces are causing the speaker's stone wall to fall apart.c. the speaker is bothered by the hunters looking for rabbits.d. the speaker is concerned that his property is poorly made and cared for. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRobert Frost Quiz 1Robert Frost Quiz 2Robert Frost Quiz 3Robert Frost Quiz 4Robert Frost Quiz 5Robert Frost Quiz 7Robert Frost Quiz 8Robert Frost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books