The Road Not Taken

Who is the character in the poem?

• The traveler
• The writer
• The author

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

At the beginning of "The Road Not Taken," what decision does the speaker face?

• which road to take
• where to eat lunch
• whether to go forward or turn back
• whether to keep walking or stop and rest

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker in "The Road Not Taken" is most clearly which type of person?

• a person lost in the woods
• a person who made a decision
• a person now standing at a fork
• a person who likes a well-beaten path

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What do the "two roads" represent in "The Road Not Taken"?

• people who affect our lives
• paths that are hidden in secret
• the beginnings of new phases in life
• important decisions we make in life

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?

• abaab

• ababa

• abbabb

• abcba

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

At the third stanza the traveler says that ( - )

• he will be able to return and take the first road

• he knows that he won't be able to return and take the first road

• He is uncertain if he will be able to return and take the first road

• He doesn't want to return and take the first road

The decision the traveler makes ( - )

• will have no effects on his future life

• will affect his future life

• will affect only in the near future

• has only negative implications

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3