The Road Not Taken

The language in stanza 1 suggests that --

• the speaker is having to make a difficult decision.

• the speaker wants to talk one road more than the other.

• the speaker is actually two different people traveling.

• the speaker is standing at a crossroads in the forest

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What does the road metaphorically refer to in the poem?

• a conundrum

• a hypothetical situation

• a foregone conclusion

• an effortless choice

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The poet included stanza 1 and 2 most likely to --

• demonstrate why the speaker couldn't make a decision

• emphasize the affect the speaker's choice had on their life.

• suggest that the speaker has little choice about what path to take.

• describe the actions of choosing a path as a difficult decision

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Which line from stanza 3 best explains the reason why the speaker will never go back to take the other path?

• And both that morning equally lay

• Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

• I doubted if I should ever come back.

• Oh, I kept the first for another day!

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Which line in stanza 4 best expresses how the speaker's decision has shaped his life?

• I shall be telling this with a sigh

• I took the one less traveled by,

• And that has made all the difference.

• Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

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PART A: Which is the best theme for the poem?

• People should always follow their dreams or they will regret it.

• Although some choices are tedious, they are necessary.

• Nostalgia can be a good thing, but don't let it consume your life.

• It is important to trust yourself even when you are scared.

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PART B: Which line from the poem best supports your answer to Part A?

• Then took the other, as just as fair,

  And having perhaps the better claim,

• And looked down one as far as I could

  To where it bent in the undergrowth;

• Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

  I doubted if I should ever come back.

• I took the one less traveled by,

  And that has made all the difference.

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