Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

8th - 11th Grade

12 Qs

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Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th - 11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.4, RI. 9-10.9, RL.8.5

+13

Standards-aligned

Created by

Shauna Thomas

Used 817+ times

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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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