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Who is the famous poet pictured on the right? A B C D Ezra Pound Robert Frost Walt Whitman lt William Butler Yeats

Robert Frost

In what year was Robert Frost born? A B C D

1874

Which famous award in literature did Frost win four times? A B C D The Nobel Prize The Newberry Award The Pulitzer PrizeThe Caldecott Award

The Pulitzer Prize

What was the name of Frost’s first published book of poetry? A B C D The Black Cat The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and MenA Boy’s Will

Which of the following famous poems did Robert Frost NOT write? A B C D “The Road Not Taken” “Birches” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” “Brown Penny”

Frost’s father died when Robert was very young. How did Frost’s mother support the family after her husband’s death? A B C D She became a newspaper columnist. She became a teacher. She worked in a clothing factory. She joined the military as a nurse in WWI.

She became a teacher.

The themes, or main ideas, of Frost’s poems were often: love, loneliness, and A B C D excitement joy losswork

loss

Robert Frost spoke at the inauguration of which American President? A B C D John F. Kennedy Abraham Lincoln Barack ObamaRichard Nixon

John F. Kennedy

During President Kennedy’s inauguration, why did Frost have to recite a poem from memory, rather than read the one he had written for the ceremony? A B C D He changed his mind at the last minute. His original poem blew off the podium. The glare of the sun on his paper was blinding. Jackie Kennedy asked him to read a different poem.

The glare of the sun on his paper was blinding.

Frost’s poems often reflect images of his life, most of which he spent: A B C D in New York skyscrapers in his Paris apartment traveling the world by boat on New England farms

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” are lines from which famous Frost poem? A B C D “Mending Wall” “The Gift Outright” “The Road Not Taken”“After Apple-Picking”

“The Road Not Taken”

Later this year, we will read the novel, The Outsiders. Which of Frost’s poems is quoted by the main character, Johnny? A B C D “Nothing Gold Can Stay” “The Star-Splitter” “Ghost House”“Fire and Ice”

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

Frost often repeats the initial consonant sounds of words in his poems. What is this technique called? A B C D hyperbole alliteration metaphoranaphora

alliteration

In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, Frost repeats the last two lines of the poem: “And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep.” This is an example of which literary device? A B C D anaphora personification metaphorsymbolism

anaphora

Mrs. Gillen’s favorite poem was written by Robert Frost. She even named her blog after it. What is the poem? A B C D “Flower-Gathering” “The Hill Wife” “Fragmentary Blue”“Birches”