The Road Not Taken Quiz (Symbolism)

What is the setting of the poem "The Road Not Taken"?

• a city street

• a meadow in spring

• a forest in autumn

• a beach in summer

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CCSS.RL.7.3

What does the speaker in the poem "The Road Not Taken" encounter? "

• a fork in the road

• a mountain to climb

• a river to cross

• a bridge to build

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CCSS.RL.7.1

How does the speaker describe the two roads?

• One is well-traveled and the other is overgrown.

• Both are equally traveled and worn.

• One is sunny and the other is shaded.

• Both are blocked by fallen trees.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

What reason does the speaker give for choosing the road he takes?

• It looked easier to walk.

• It was less traveled by others.

• It had a sign pointing to a town.

• It was a shortcut to his destination.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

How does the speaker feel about the road not taken?

• Regretful and sorrowful

• Indifferent and detached

• Curious and imaginative

• Confident and satisfied

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.9A

What literary device is primarily used in the poem?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line suggests that both roads were actually quite similar?

• "I doubted if I should ever come back."

• "Because it was grassy and wanted wear;"

• "In leaves no step had trodden black."

• "Oh, I kept the first for another day!"

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

What do the two roads in the poem symbolize?

• Wealth and poverty

• Happiness and sadness

• Life choices and their consequences

• Friendship and loneliness

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the "yellow wood" symbolize?

• Spring and new beginnings

• Autumn and a time of change

• Summer and warmth

• Winter and cold

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

What do the leaves that "no step had trodden black" symbolize?

• Untouched and new opportunities

• Forgotten and abandoned paths

• The passage of time

• Obstacles and challenges

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4