The Road Not Taken

How do we refer to the person in the poem? (choose more than one answer)

• The main character

• The speaker

• The traveler

• The hero

How many roads are there for the traveler to choose from? (type a NUMBER)

(a)  

The speaker cannot see down the ​ (a)   because it is ​ (b)   ​ by the ​ (c)   which can be defined as greenery and ​ (d)   .

• road
• blocked
• undergrowth
• bushes
• trees
• buildings

The second road seemed to be (-). (there may be more than one answer)

• grassier

• walked on

• less walked upon

• the riskier option

• the common option

"And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black."

This means that ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• There were no previous morning travelers.
• there were no black leaves that day.
• there were travelers earlier in the morning.
• the leaves may become black.
• both roads will been traveled on later.

Put the lines of stanza 3 in the correct order.

• 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.

• And both that morning equally lay

The traveler ultimately took the road others had taken before.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The traveler took the road not taken! The road others had not taken... according to popular interpretation.

"Oh, I kept the first for another day!" can be interpreted to mean that one day, (-).​ (a)  

• perhaps the traveler will try the other road
• the traveler will travel the same road
• the traveler will be satisfied
• the traveler will be disappointed

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"Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back."

The speaker believes that he ​ (a)   return to try the other road.

• will not
• will
• will likely
• will possibly
• will definitely

The "sigh" in the poem is one of possible (-). (choose more than one answer)

• sadness

• regret

• relief

• tiredness

• happiness