The Poetry of Robert Frost Study Guide

1. Where did Frost spend most of his teenage years?

• Franconia, New Hampshire
• Lawrence, Massachusetts
• San Francisco, California
• Boston, Massachusetts

2. What was the title of the first poem that Frost published professionally?

• My Butterfly: An Elegy
• Fire and Ice
• Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
• Two Roads Diverged in a Wood

3. In what year did Frost receive his undergraduate diploma from Dartmouth College?

• He did not receive a diploma
• 1906
• 1892
• 1894

4. Which of the following was NOT one of the jobs that Frost did to support his family?

• Teaching Italian
• Delivering newspapers
• Editing the Lawrence newspaper
• Cobbling shoes

5. In what year did Frost sell his first professional poem to the New York Independent?

• 1892
• 1894
• 1901
• 1920

6. What was the name of Frost's wife?

• Irma Frost
• Isabelle Moodie
• Miriam White
• Elinor White

7. How did the Atlantic Monthly describe Frost's poetry in their rejection letters?

• "pathetic poetry"
• "repetitive rhyming"
• "precious prose"
• "vigorous verse"

8. In what year did Frost and his family move to England?

• 1892
• 1910
• 1912
• 1915

9. In "Mending Wall," what is there that does not love a wall?

• A neighbor
• Nature
• Something
• God

10. What term does Frost use to personify the scythe in "Mowing"?

• Singing
• Working
• Whispering
• Standing