The Road Not Taken

What is the setting of this poem?

• a quiet street on the edge of a town
• a forest in the middle of winter
• a wood with two roads in it

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the roads.
What lines from the poem support this statement?

• And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood
• Though as for that, the passing there/Had worn them really about the same
• And both that morning equally lay/In leaves no step had trodden black

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

According to the speaker, what "has made all the difference" (line 20)?

• He or she took the first of the two roads.
• He or she took the road less traveled by.
• He or she took the road that bent in the undergrowth.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

How many stanzas are there in the poem?

• Three
• Two
• Five
• Four

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Who is the character in the poem?

• The traveler
• The writer
• The author

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Did he regret his choice?

• Yes
• We don't know.
• No.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do the following lines from "The Road Not Taken" mean?
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, 

• The speaker thinks both paths are equally good.
• The speaker is only one person and cannot go down two roads at the same time.
• The speaker would rather travel with someone, so they could each explore a path.
• The speaker regrets not taking the other road at the start.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

In the first stanza, the word diverged means ---

• increased

• parted

• came together

• straightened

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Low plant growing on a forest floor

• claim

• trodden

• hence

• undergrowth

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Stepped on, trampled

• claim

• hence

• undergrowth

• trodden

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4