This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Robert Frost > Robert Frost – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Robert Frost Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the last two stanzas of "A Minor Bird", the speaker's tone is A) Hateful toward the bird. B) Aggravated at himself/herself for not liking the bird's singing. C) Accepting of the birds and their song. D) Helpful to the birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aggravated at himself/herself for not liking the bird's singing. 2. Which change is the best example of a physical change? A) A cookie baking. B) Ice cube melting. C) A nail rusting. D) Paper burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice cube melting. 3. Why is a liquid evaporating to a gas an example of a physical change, rather than a chemical change? A) It's turning into a new substance. B) It's not turning into a new substance. C) It has new properties. D) It's changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's not turning into a new substance. 4. "Her hardest hue to hold." What figurative language technique is being used here? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. Why does Frost repeat the noun 'boy'? A) To emphasise his youth and innocence-he shouldn't have been in this situation. B) To emphasise how silly and immature he was. C) To show how he is masculine not feminine. D) To show that he is not yet a man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasise his youth and innocence-he shouldn't have been in this situation. 6. Which line from the poem suggests the speaker wants to rest from apple picking? A) "And there's a barrel I didn't fill.". B) "And I could tell / What form my dreaming was about to take.". C) "I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.". D) "I am overtired / of the great harvest". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I am overtired / of the great harvest". 7. Both "Mending Wall" and "Death of a Hired Man" A) Have rural settings and contain dialogue. B) Express Frost's ideas about the brutality of life. C) Use iambic pentameter to achieve an informal syntax. D) Demonstrates Frost's ambiguity towards his characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have rural settings and contain dialogue. 8. In the poem 'Mending Wall', what literary device is used in the line 'Good fences make good neighbors'? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 9. Out-Where is this poem set? A) In a urban landscape. B) In a rural area. C) Inside a house. D) By the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a rural area. 10. What is the name of the 'Hired Man' A) Sol. B) Silas. C) Simon. D) Solly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silas. 11. "As the stars fall down and the heavens fade" A) Taylor Swift. B) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taylor Swift. 12. Who is the character in the poem? A) The traveler. B) The writer. C) The author. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The traveler. 13. What does the speaker have to do before sleeping? A) Watch the snowfall. B) Go to the village. C) Keep his promises. D) Ride his horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keep his promises. 14. In lines 13 through 16, how does the speaker most likely feel? A) Indifferent. B) Friendly. C) Joyful. D) Self-conscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-conscious. 15. "And that has made all the difference" What does "that" refer to in the poem? A) It means that he chose good over evil. B) It refers to his decision to take the other road. C) It meat he took the narrow road. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It refers to his decision to take the other road. 16. Which line shows that no one walked on both roads that morning? A) "Oh, I kept the first for another day" . B) "I doubted if I should ever come back" . C) "In leaves no step had trodden black" . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "In leaves no step had trodden black" . 17. What do the speaker and his neighbor do every spring? (a) A) Ask about each other's health. B) Play old games. C) Argue. D) A Rebuild a stone wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Rebuild a stone wall. 18. What color was the wood where the two roads diverged? A) Green. B) Yellow. C) Brown. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow. 19. What does the speaker want to do with the birch trees? A) Use them to build a house. B) Plant more of them in the garden. C) Climb and swing from them. D) Chop them down for firewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climb and swing from them. 20. Which of the following is the mood of the poem? A) Happy and carefree. B) Angry and hostile. C) Sad/pensive and gloomy. D) Anxious and stressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sad/pensive and gloomy. 21. In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" the setting is ..... A) At the end of the narrator's journey. B) In the woods during a blizzard. C) On the side of the road in a snowstorm. D) In the village on Christmas Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the side of the road in a snowstorm. 22. Why is the narrator stopping? A) To confuse his horse. B) To figure out who owns the woods. C) To watch the woods fill up with snow. D) To check his 'to-do' list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To watch the woods fill up with snow. 23. Who was the author of this poem? A) E.h. B) Kool-Aid Man. C) William Shakespeare. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Frost. 24. In the poem, the speaker comes across a fork in the woods, symbolizing: A) A choice between two physical roads. B) A literal roadblock in his journey. C) A metaphorical choice in life's journey. D) The end of his journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A metaphorical choice in life's journey. 25. What is the form of poetry used in "The Road Not Taken" that tells a story? A) Narrative poem. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative poem. 26. How many times did Robert Frost drop out of college? A) 4. B) 1. C) 0. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 27. Why does the author stop? A) To watch the woods fill with snow. B) To ask the owner of the house a question. C) To sleep. D) To grab a drink of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To watch the woods fill with snow. 28. What honor did Frost receive in 1961? A) HE RECITED HIS POETRY AT THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. B) HE VISITED THE SOVIET UNION AS PART OF A GOODWILL GROU. C) HE WAS DECLARED THE OFFICIAL POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED STATES. D) HE RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE RECITED HIS POETRY AT THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. 29. Based on the poem, the reader can conclude that the speaker is A) Polite. B) Being creative. C) Indecisive. D) Making choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making choices. 30. How many stanzas are there in the poem? A) Two. B) Four. C) Five. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four. 31. What is the speaker's tone in the first two stanzas of "A Minor Bird" ? A) Accepting. B) Annoyed. C) Friendly. D) Nature-loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annoyed. 32. Which line comes first A) Then leaf subsides to leaf. B) So dawn goes to day. C) Nothing gold can stay. D) So eden sank to grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then leaf subsides to leaf. 33. In Nothing Gold Can Stay, how many beats are in line 8? A) 6. B) 5. C) 4. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 34. Which substance will change its shape when you move it to a new container, but not its volume? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid. 35. The metaphors in line 24 ..... "He is all pine and I am apple orchard" ..... serve primarily to A) Reinforce the similarity of the speaker and his neighbor. B) Reveal the crops grown by the speaker and his neighbor. C) Emphasize the contrast between the speaker and his neighbor. D) Provide a hint of the neighbor's attitude toward the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emphasize the contrast between the speaker and his neighbor. 36. What does the traveler imply when he says 'I took the one less traveled by'? A) He is indifferent to his choice. B) He is proud of his choice. C) He regrets his decision. D) He wishes he had taken the other road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is proud of his choice. 37. In The Road Not Taken, what does the personification in Line 8 suggest?Because it was grassy and wanted wear; A) One road has been traveled on more than the other. B) The speaker has made a bad choice traveling on this road. C) The road the speaker chooses had not been traveled on very much. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The road the speaker chooses had not been traveled on very much. 38. Out-Personification is applied to the ..... A) Saw. B) Blood. C) Mountains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 39. What do the two roads symbolize in the poem? A) Love and friendship. B) Success and failure. C) Fear and uncertainty. D) Choices and opportunities in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choices and opportunities in life. 40. Why did he drop out of college A) Due to health concerns. B) Due to body concerns. C) He didn't see his future being based on a degree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due to health concerns. 41. What does coveted mean? A) Loved. B) Hated. C) Jealous. D) Put in a covent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jealous. 42. The speaker in "The Road Not Taken" is most clearly which type of person? A) A person lost in the woods. B) A person who made a decision. C) A person who likes a well-beaten path. D) A person now standing at a fork in the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who made a decision. 43. What does the speaker want most in the poem? A) To return quickly to home. B) To avoid all companionship. C) To enjoy the lighted cottages. D) To walk out of the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To enjoy the lighted cottages. 44. What does the word leave mean in line 15? A) Arrival. B) Permission. C) Departure. D) Welcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permission. 45. How many children did Frost have? A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 46. Dickinson, like Robert Frost, lived in this area of the country: A) The South. B) The Midwest. C) The West Coast. D) New England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New England. 47. What does the traveler believe has made all the difference in his life? A) The roads he traveled. B) The choices he made. C) The people he met. D) The places he visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The choices he made. 48. In "The Runaway" what feelings does the colt arouse in the speaker? A) Protective and caring. B) Angry and bitter. C) Fearful and intimidating. D) Joyful and pleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protective and caring. 49. The decision the traveler makes (-) A) Will affect his future life. B) Will have no effects on his future life. C) Has only negative implications. D) Will affect only in the near future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will affect his future life. 50. Which process causes water droplets to form on the outside of a cold drinking glass? A) Condensation. B) Boiling. C) Melting. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 51. When first published, Emily Dickinson's poetry was ..... A) Lost. B) Terrible. C) Rejected. D) Edited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edited. 52. What does the traveler doubt at the end of the poem? A) If he should have taken both roads. B) If he made the right choice. C) If he should ever come back. D) If he should take the road less traveled by. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If he should ever come back. 53. 'And saved some part Of a day I had rued.' What does 'saved' mean here? A) Made worthwhile. B) Stored on an electronic device. C) Protected from danger. D) Preserved for later use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made worthwhile. 54. What is the resurrected tree? A) A telephone pole. B) A powerline. C) A wooden wall separating nature and civilization. D) The beams of a railroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A telephone pole. 55. What does the speaker's horse think of stopping in the woods? A) It is exciting. B) It is normal. C) It is scary. D) It is strange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is strange. 56. In the line, "Oh, I kept the first for another day!" "the first" refers to A) The narrators choice. B) Fate. C) Death. D) The road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The road. 57. The poems Jack read in Love that Dog that Robert Frost wrote are: A) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Pasture. B) Dust of Snow and The Pasture. C) The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Pasture. 58. The poet finally chooses the road A) Which has been travelled by many. B) Which looks more attractive. C) Which very few trodden on. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which very few trodden on. 59. What does the narrator wish had happened? A) That the people would look at the mountains. B) That the boy hadn't chopped his hand off. C) That the boy had been allowed to finish work half an hour early. D) That the doctor knew how to save the boy's hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That the boy had been allowed to finish work half an hour early. 60. "I have looked down the saddest city lane" A) Robert Frost. B) Taylor Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Frost. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRobert Frost Quiz 1Robert Frost Quiz 2Robert Frost Quiz 3Robert Frost Quiz 4Robert Frost Quiz 5Robert Frost Quiz 6Robert Frost Quiz 8Robert Frost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books