THE ROAD NOT TAKEN REVIEW

What is the setting for the poem?

• A Winter Day

• An Autumn Day

• A Early Spring Morning

• A Humid Summer Day

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

• Which road to take

• Where to meet other travelers

• Whether to go forward or turn back

• Whether to keep walking or stop and rest

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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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What is the difference between the two roads in "The Road Not Taken"?

• One road is a bit wider

• One road has a better view

• One road is slightly less traveled

• One road is slightly less curved

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What does the speaker mean in these lines?

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

• After choosing the first road, the speaker will return and go down the other road.

• The speaker does not like to travel in the same part of the woods more than once.

• The speaker likes to walk in the woods alone and knows the way very well.

• After choosing the first road, the speaker will not be able to return to go down the other road.

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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-known path

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

• People who affect our lives

• Predicting the future

• The beginnings of new phases in life

• Important decisions we make in life

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The author of this poem is ____.

• Walt Whitman
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Robert Frost
• Anne Frank

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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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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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