"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "12" Test Review

1. Which conclusion (understanding) best fits this passage (lines 5–8)?

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

• The speaker is a fugitive from the law

• The speaker misses his family

• The speaker is far away from a civilized place

• The speaker doesn't know where he is

Which is the best conclusion about the speaker's journey?

• He still has a long way to go

• He is traveling throughout a country where he doesn't speak the language

• He must find a place to stay before the snow gets worse

• He realizes that the landower is watching him

Which answer line from the poem best supports the answer you gave for the question before.

• "The darkest evening of the year"

• "O easy wind and downly flake"

• "And miles to go before I sleep"

• "His house is in the village though"

Which one of these events happen first in the poem

• The speaker thinks about whose land he's own

• The horse is confused about the stop

• The horse's harness and bell are the only sounds the speaker hears

• The speaker decides to keep going

Which event occurs last in the text?

• The speaker thinks about whose land he's on

• The horse is confused about the stop

• The horse's harness and bell are the only sound the speaker hears

• The speaker decides to keep going

What inferences can you make about the speaker’s personality based on evidence and clues in the poem?

• The speaker is sheepish and apologetic about being on his neighbor's property and will hurry on to the village.

• The speaker has a deep appreciation for nature and also a deep sense of responsibility to his community.

• The speaker thinks more often about his own desires and needs above the needs of others.

• The speaker generally feels that he is entitled to (deserves) beautiful scenes like this one.

Which of the following phrases from the poem best brings out the speaker’s tone of triumph?

• “The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.”

• “It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself,”

• “My eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said ‘Here art thou!’'

• “‘I am!’

What mainly can be inferred from the passage below?

I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet.

• In order to reach his or her destination, the traveler must leave the comfort zone behind.

• Most travelers don’t want to knock on any strangers’ doors unless absolutely needed.

• C. The traveler is running out of funds.

• D. The traveler is stranded on another planet.

Which passage from the poem best supports the correct answer to the last question?

• “The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.”

• “I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light,”

• “It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself,”

• “The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own”

A shrine is

• a holy place

• an abandoned building

• a lonely temple

• a grave