The Road Not Taken

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.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?"

• because the second road was close to a stream that ran through the woods
• because the second road got a lot of sunlight
• because few people had taken the second road

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the theme of this poem?

• giving up hope
• making a choice
• enjoying the present moment

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Who is the character in the poem?

• The traveler
• The writer
• The author

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which road did the traveler take?

• The one less traveled by.
• The one which bent in the undergrowth.
• The fair one.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Separated into different directions

• diverged

• claimed

• trodden

• hence

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Low plant growing on a forest floor

• claim

• trodden

• hence

• undergrowth

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A statement that you have a right to something; a statement that something belongs to you

• diverged

• claim

• hence

• undergrowth