This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Robert Frost > Robert Frost – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Robert Frost Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Robert Frost moved back to the U.S. in what year? A) 1912. B) 1915. C) 1913. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1915. 2. How many miles does the speaker have to go before sleeping? A) Two miles. B) One mile. C) Three miles. D) Four miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four miles. 3. In line 6, the word fair means?"Then took the other, as just as fair, " A) Demand or right. B) Walked on. C) Small trees and plants growing beneath larger trees. D) Promising; favorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Promising; favorable. 4. What do the lines "Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back" mean? A) Decisions are irreversible. B) When you make decision, it leads to another decision. This leads you down a path where you can't go back. C) Life takes you on a long journey you can't go back and change. D) The speaker is expressing sadness they can't come back to this point in time again in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you make decision, it leads to another decision. This leads you down a path where you can't go back. 5. What does the "undergrowth" symoblize? A) Lack of knowledge. B) Crossroads in life. C) The unknown future. D) Growth throughout life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The unknown future. 6. When two nearby words start with the same sound, the figure of speech is called A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. According to the poet, in "The Road Not Taken", the second road has "the better claim" because it- A) Had been less traveled upon. B) Was a familiar path. C) Was covered with leaves. D) Had never been used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been less traveled upon. 8. Reread the second stanza of the poem. What can you conclude about the change in the speaker's mood? A) The speaker's mood has gotten worse. B) The speaker's mood has changed from angry to scared. C) The speaker's mood has gotten better. D) The speaker's mood has stayed the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker's mood has gotten better. 9. When we give a human quality to animals or some non-living objects, the figure of speech is A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. When the neighbor says "Good Fences makes Good neighbors" he means that ..... A) People should forgive their neighbors for all bad doings. B) Strong fences are better than stone walls for keeping neighbors out of one's property. C) Friendly relations depend on a respect for privacy. D) Cows will cause damage on neighbors farms, if there are no good fences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friendly relations depend on a respect for privacy. 11. Which poem best reflects Frost's ideas regarding the futility of labour? A) Mowing. B) The Ax-Helve. C) The Wood-Pile. D) Gathering Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gathering Leaves. 12. What techniques are present in the following quotation:"And hear his long scythe whispering to the ground" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. The roads symbolize A) Methods of our choice. B) Strategies. C) Choices in life. D) A point in time to decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choices in life. 14. (Annabel Lee) Dreams are brought to the narrator by the ..... A) Sun. B) Earth. C) Moon. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moon. 15. "Bathe my window, make it flow, / Melt it as the ice will go" A) Taylor Swift. B) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Frost. 16. "War is for everyone, for children too" A) Robert Frost. B) Taylor Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Frost. 17. This poem might have special relevance to you if A) Plan to move to the country. B) Prefer to walk rather than drive. C) Are concerned about the environment. D) You are deciding which high school to attend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You are deciding which high school to attend. 18. What season is it in the poem? A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Autumn. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autumn. 19. From whose point of view is this poem written? A) A solitary walker. B) A curious jogger. C) A social teenager. D) A friendly neighbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A solitary walker. 20. Why does the speaker use the metaphor "miniature thunder" to describe the sound of the colt's fleeing in "The Runaway" ? A) The colt is afraid of lightning. B) The colt's hooves on the ground as he runs sound like thunder. C) The snow muffles the noise of the colt's fleeing. D) It is raining outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The colt's hooves on the ground as he runs sound like thunder. 21. Which one of the following techniques helps to add a sense of lightheartedness to 'Gathering Leaves'? A) Humorous metaphors. B) Dramatic irony. C) Cesura. D) The regular rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The regular rhyme scheme. 22. What does" yet knowing how way leads to way" mean? A) It's easy to get lost on a path. B) One path takes you to the next. C) Paths are uncertain. D) You can never go home alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One path takes you to the next. 23. Frost uses the image of two diverging roads in "The Road Not Taken" to symbolize- A) Sorrow and regret. B) Life's choices. C) The love of nature. D) The spirit of independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life's choices. 24. When did he move to England? A) After the death of his father. B) After the death of his mother. C) After the death of his daughter. D) After the death of his sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the death of his father. 25. In Nothing Gold Can Stay, why does the speaker personify nature in the following:Her hardest hue to hold / Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour A) To set up a conflict between mankind and nature. B) To make the poem more interesting. C) To show that not even nature can "hold on to" beautiful things. D) To make it clear the poem is more about nature than about the human race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show that not even nature can "hold on to" beautiful things. 26. What does the crow shake down on the speaker? A) A bad mood. B) A day of rue. C) A dust of snow. D) A hemlock tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dust of snow. 27. Where does the owner of the woods live? A) In the village. B) In the city. C) On the road. D) In the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the village. 28. The metaphors in line 24 serve primarily to A) Reinforce the uniqueness of the speaker and his neighbor. B) Reveal the crops grown by the speaker and his neighbor. C) Emphasize the contrasting nature of the speaker and his neighbor. D) Provide a hint of the neighbor's attitude toward the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emphasize the contrasting nature of the speaker and his neighbor. 29. The speaker uses personification in "The Runaway" to tell us what the colt's mother might have told him. What lesson might this mother have taught her colt? A) The snow won't hurt you; you'll get used to it. B) Keep out of the field in this kind of weather. C) The men are there to protect you; trust them. D) The thunder makes a loud noise, but it is nothing to be frightened of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The snow won't hurt you; you'll get used to it. 30. According to the poet, the other road had a "better claim" because A) It had never been used. B) It had been less traveled on. C) It was a familiar path. D) It had lovely leaves on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had been less traveled on. 31. Which is an example of an allusion from the poem? A) "So Eden sank to grief / So dawn goes down to day". B) "Nature's first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold.". C) "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "So Eden sank to grief / So dawn goes down to day". 32. What technique(S):'saw snarled' A) Sibilance. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sibilance. 33. The poet doubted if: A) He could ever come back to travel the first road. B) He could join his friend. C) He could ever finish his journey. D) He could meet his family again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He could ever come back to travel the first road. 34. SBWoSE-What is the setting of this poem? A) In the woods on a bright, snowy afternoon. B) In a village on a dark, snowy evening. C) Near the woods on a dark, snowy evening. D) By a frozen lake on a bright, snowy afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near the woods on a dark, snowy evening. 35. Which line explains how the traveler decided which road to take? A) Yet knowing how way leads on to way,. B) Because it was grassy and wanted wear;. C) I shall be telling this with a sigh. D) And both that morning equally lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was grassy and wanted wear;. 36. For whose Presidential Inauguration did Robert Frost read his poems? A) General Dwight D. Eisenhower. B) Richard Milhouse Nixon. C) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). D) Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). 37. What is the main problem in the poem? A) The speaker runs out of lighted cottages. B) The villagers dislike the passerby. C) The villagers dislike having their peace distrubed. D) The speaker searches for quiet places. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker runs out of lighted cottages. 38. In "Fire and Ice" the speaker expresses views on the- A) Destructive force of ideas. B) Healing power of natural phenomena. C) Healing power of words. D) Destructive force of emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destructive force of emotions. 39. "The thousandth time may prove the charm" A) Robert Frost. B) Taylor Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Frost. 40. "But only so an hour" means (think about what it means non-literally) A) Leaves only live for an hour. B) Flowers only live for an hour. C) Some change happens quickly. D) It is only spring for an hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some change happens quickly. 41. PART B:Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? A) "Her early leaf's a flower;" (Line 3). B) "Nothing gold can stay." (Line 8). C) "Nature's first green is gold" (Line 1). D) "So Eden sank to grief" (Line 6). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Nothing gold can stay." (Line 8). 42. "We keep the wall between us as we go" A) Taylor Swift. B) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Frost. 43. The poet uses the phrase, "grassy and wanted wear" to help the reader understand A) That the grass was green. B) That the grass was long. C) That one path had not been walked on. D) That he wanted to wear the grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That one path had not been walked on. 44. Question Five Varies. Be sure you construct your own response. Click Move On Below. A) Move on to next question. B) Move on to next question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move on to next question. 45. Identify the use of metaphor in the poem 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost. A) The comparison of the two roads to actual physical roads. B) The comparison of the two roads to different types of trees. C) The comparison of the two roads to the poet's love life. D) The comparison of the two roads to life choices and the uncertainty of the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The comparison of the two roads to life choices and the uncertainty of the future. 46. Which is the correct example of Onomatopoeia as used in the poem 'The Road Not Taken'? A) Sigh. B) Diverged. C) Ages. D) Difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sigh. 47. The increase in end stop, caesura and use of exclamation marks after the boy is fatally injured: A) Slows down the pace of the poem. B) Adds to the dramatic impact of the poem. C) Speeds up the poem. D) 1 and 2 above. E) 2 and 3 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 and 2 above. 48. Which of the following awards did Frost NOT receive? A) THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. B) THE LIFETIME FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. C) THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE. D) THE EDWARD MACDOWELL MEDAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE. 49. "She dared no more than ask him with her eyes" A) Taylor Swift. B) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Frost. 50. How many syllables are there in each line of this poem? A) 4-6. B) 1-2. C) 3-4. D) 7-9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4-6. 51. Which of the following statements expresses a possible theme for "The Pasture" ? A) A helping hand makes work easier. B) Farm life is sometimes lonely. C) Many small, everyday aspects of life are worth sharing. D) Few people fully appreciate their friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many small, everyday aspects of life are worth sharing. 52. In Nothing Gold Can Stay, what is the reason that the poet made the last line of the poem only 5 beats instead of 6? A) He wanted the poem to end quickly. B) He wanted the reader to feel confused. C) He wanted to emphasize this line and make it seem more important than the rest. D) He did not want to explain the poem's meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to emphasize this line and make it seem more important than the rest. 53. What is it that most upsets Amy in 'Home Burial'? A) Her child's passing. B) The fact that the grave is on their plot. C) The fact that her husband buried the child. D) The fact that the spade was left near the front door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fact that her husband buried the child. 54. What is the significance of the birch trees in the poem? A) Signify the speaker's fear of nature. B) Indicate the speaker's indifference towards the environment. C) They symbolize the speaker's love of nature. D) Represent the speaker's love for urban life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They symbolize the speaker's love of nature. 55. Which thing decides a person's future according to this poem? A) The regrets. B) The path one leaves behind. C) The success. D) The path one chooses to walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The path one chooses to walk. 56. What does Frost/the speaker eventually encounter in 'An Encounter'? A) A telegraph pole. B) Two deer. C) A pile of chopped wood. D) An old house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A telegraph pole. 57. What year did Robert Frost die? A) 1962. B) 1961. C) 1963. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1963. 58. What did Robert Frost become known as? A) A teacher. B) A farmer. C) A poet. D) An artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A poet. 59. Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word diverged? A) Presented. B) Unequaled. C) Conformed. D) Divided. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divided. 60. SBWoSE-The speaker of the poem stops to ..... A) Go skating on a frozen lake. B) Find food for his or her horse. C) Say hello to the owner of the woods. D) Watch the woods fill up with snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watch the woods fill up with snow. ← 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 7Robert Frost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books