Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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English
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8th - 11th Grade
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Shauna Thomas
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who "kindly stopped" for the speaker of the poem?
Immortality
A child at the school
Death
The grim reaper
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Whom does the word "we" in line 5 refer to?
The Speaker
Death and Immortality
The Speaker and Death
The Speaker, Death, and Immortality
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The description in lines 5–8 of the poem suggests a view of death as...
tiring
tragic
peaceful
exciting
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can the speakers tone best be described?
calm and measured
angry and bitter
energetic and curious
frantic and frightened
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Death is personified as....
a rough carriage driver
a polite gentleman
a tour guide
a weary grave digger
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What image from the poem suggests a person becoming old and dying?
children at recess
swelling ground
The setting sun
fields of grain
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the house represent in lines 17-20?
The speakers childhood home
The speakers grave
A haunted house
The afterline
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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